Who is a Muslim? orientalism and literary populisms
"Who Is a Muslim? argues that modern Urdu literature, from its inception in colonial institutions such as Fort William College, Calcutta, to its dominant iterations in contemporary Pakistan-popular novels, short stories, television serials-is formed around a question that is and historically ha...
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Fordham University Press
2021
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 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
- Notes
- Index