TY - BOOK ID - 78146650 TI - Writing Muslim identity PY - 2012 SN - 1472542908 1280123729 9786613527585 1441117296 9781441117298 9781441124364 1441124365 9781441136664 1441136665 9781472542908 9781441158505 1441158502 PB - London New York Continuum DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - Islam and literature KW - Muslims in literature. KW - Muslims KW - Literature and Islam KW - Literature KW - Mohammedans KW - Moors (People) KW - Moslems KW - Muhammadans KW - Musalmans KW - Mussalmans KW - Mussulmans KW - Mussulmen KW - Religious adherents KW - Islam KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - Ethnic identity. KW - Muslims in literature KW - History and criticism KW - Ethnic identity KW - English literature - History and criticism KW - Islam and literature - History - 21st century KW - Muslims - Ethnic identity KW - Islam and literature - History - 20th century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78146650 AB - The relationship between Islam and the West is one of the most urgent and hotly debated issues of our time. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the way in which Muslims are represented within modern English writing, ranging from the novel, through memoir and travel writing to journalism. Covering a wide range of texts and authors, it scrutinises the identity 'Muslim' by looking at its inscription in recent and contemporary literary writing within the context of significant events like the Rushdie Affair and 9/11. Examining the wide range of writing internationally that takes Islam or Islamic cultures as its focus, the author discusses the representation of Muslim identity in writing by non-Muslim writers, former Muslim 'native informants', and practising Muslims ER -