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Who is a Muslim? : orientalism and literary populisms / Maryam Wasif Khan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khan, Maryam Wasif, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam in literature.
- Muslims in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource 273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- 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, national identity, and citizenship.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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 Con temporary Urdu Novel
- Epilogue. Us, People / People Like Us: Fehmida Riaz and a Secular Subjectivity in Urdu
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- OCLC:
- 1224362707
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