The transformative potential of black British and British Muslim literature : heterotopic spaces and the politics of destabilisation /

"This study investigates power, belonging and exclusion in British society by analysing representations of the mosque, the University of Oxford, and the plantation in novels by Leila Aboulela, Robin Yassin-Kassab, Diran Adebayo, David Dabydeen, Andrea Levy, and Bernardine Evaristo. Lisa Ahrens...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ahrens, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Tesis Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2019]
Colección:Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
Temas:
University of Oxford > In literature.
University of Oxford.
English literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Muslim authors > History and criticism.
Political stability > Fiction.
Mosques > Fiction.
Plantations in literature.
Public spaces in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs noirs > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs musulmans > Histoire et critique.
Stabilité politique > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Plantations dans la littérature.
Espaces publics dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
English literature > Black authors.
English literature > Muslim authors.
Literature.
Mosques.
Political stability.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Fiction.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Theoretical framework : perspectives on power and exclusion
  • 2. Theorising (interactive) heterotopic spaces in Black British and British Muslim literature
  • 3. The mosque
  • 4. The University of Oxford
  • 5. The plantation
  • 6. Unfamiliar familiarity : transforming genres
  • 7. Closeness and distance : creating ideological positions for the reader.

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