Title The transformative potential of black British and British Muslim literature : heterotopic spaces and the politics of destabilisation / Lisa Ahrens

Published Bielefeld : Transcript, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (277 pages) Series Lettre Lettre (Transcript (Firm)) Contents Introduction -- 1. Theoretical framework : perspectives on power and exclusion -- 2. Theorising (interactive) heterotopic spaces in Black British and British Muslim literature -- 3. The mosque -- 4. The University of Oxford -- 5. The plantation -- 6. Unfamiliar familiarity : transforming genres -- 7. Closeness and distance : creating ideological positions for the reader 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."-- Provided by publisher Notes Thesis (doctoral)--University of Paderborn, 2018 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) Notes Lisa Ahrens (Dr. phil.), worked as a research assistant at the University of Paderborn where she taught English Cultural and Literary Studies Print version record Subject University of Oxford -- In literature SUBJECT University of Oxford fast Subject English literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism English literature -- Muslim authors -- History and criticism Political stability -- Fiction Mosques -- Fiction Plantations in literature. Public spaces in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh English literature -- Black authors English literature -- Muslim authors Literature Mosques Plantations in literature Political stability Public spaces in literature Genre/Form Literary criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Fiction Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book ISBN 9783839447697 3839447690

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