Who is a Muslim? : orientalism and literary populisms /

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Who is a Muslim? destabilizes traditional constructions of postcolonial literary histories through the specific example of Urdu by suggesting that this North-India vernacular, far from secular or progressive, has been shaped as the authority designate around the intertwined questions of piety, natio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Khan, Maryam Wasif (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Urdu literature > History and criticism.
Islam in literature.
Muslims in literature.
Islam and literature > Pakistan > History.
Saracens in literature.
Littérature ourdoue > Histoire et critique.
Islam dans la littérature.
Musulmans dans la littérature.
Islam et littérature > Pākistān > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Middle Eastern.
Saracens in literature
Islam and literature
Islam in literature
Muslims in literature
Urdu literature
Pakistan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • WHO IS A MUSLIM?
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction. Who Is a Muslim?
  • 1 Mahometan/Muslim: The Chronotope of the Oriental Tale
  • 2 Hindustani/Urdu: The Oriental Tale in the Colony
  • 3 Nation/Qaum: The "Musalmans" of India
  • 4 Martyr/Mujāhid: Muslim Origins and the Modern Urdu Novel
  • 5 Modern/Mecca: Populist Piety in the Contemporary Urdu Novel
  • Epilogue. Us, People / People Like Us: Fehmida Riaz and a Secular Subjectivity in Urdu
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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