Literature and the kulturkampf against Islam -- British migrant muslim fiction -- Fixing muslim masculinity/saving muslim women -- Writing muslim modernities and eschatologies -- Identifying the 'Islamic' terrorist
Summary
The relationship between Islam andthe West is one of the most urgent and hotly debated issues of our time. Thisbook is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the way in which Muslimsare represented within modern English writing, ranging from the novel, throughmemoir and travel writing to journalism. Covering a wide range of texts andauthors, it scrutinises the identity Muslim by looking at its inscription inrecent and contemporary literary writing within the context of significantevents like the Rushdie Affair and 9/11. Examining the wide range of writinginternationally that takes Isla
