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The Transformative Potential of Black British and British Muslim Literature Heterotopic Spaces and the Politics of Destabilisation Lisa Ahrens
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahrens, Lisa <p>Lisa Ahrens, Universität Paderborn, Deutschland</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Lettre
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black British Literature.
- British Muslim Literature.
- Space.
- Heterotopia.
- Power.
- Literature.
- British Cultural Studies.
- Literary Studies.
- British Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Black British Literature.
- British Muslim Literature.
- Space.
- Heterotopia.
- Power.
- Literature.
- British Cultural Studies.
- Literary Studies.
- British Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Ahrens, The Transformative Potential of Black British and British Muslim Literature Heterotopic Spaces and the Politics of Destabilisation
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2019
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Lisa Ahrens (Dr. phil.) worked as a research assistant at the University of Paderborn where she taught English Cultural and Literary Studies.
- Summary:
- 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 combines Foucault's theory of heterotopia with elements of Wolfgang Iser's reader-response theory to work out Black British and British Muslim literature's potential for destabilising exclusionary boundaries. In this way, new perspectives open up on the intersections between space, power and literature, intertwining and enriching the discourses of Cultural and Literary Studies.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 1 Theoretical Framework: Perspectives on Power and Exclusion 29 2 Theorising (Interactive) Heterotopic Spaces in Black British and British Muslim Literature 41 3 The Mosque 57 4 The University of Oxford 85 5 The Plantation 117 6 Unfamiliar Familiarity: Transforming Genres 141 7 Closeness and Distance: Creating Ideological Positions for the Reader 205 Conclusion 243 Works Cited 257
- ISBN:
- 9783839447697
- 3839447690
- OCLC:
- 1109826262
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