TY  - GEN
T1  - Interrogating secularism : race and religion in Arab transnational literature and art
T2  - Critical Arab American studies.
A1  - Haque, Danielle
LA  - English
PP  - Syracuse, New York
PB  - Syracuse University Press
YR  - 2019
ED  - First edition.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1099545569
AB  - Interrogating Secularism is a call to rethink binary categories of "religion" and "secularism" in contemporary Arab American fiction and art. While most studies that explore the traffic between literature and issues of secularism emphasize how canonical texts naturalize and reinforce secular values, Interrogating Secularism approaches this nexus through novels written by and about ethnic and religious minorities. Haque juxtaposes accounts of secular experience in the writing of Arab Anglophone authors such as Mohja Kahf, Rabih Alameddine, Khaled Mattawa, Laila Lalami, and Rawi Hage, with Arab and Muslim artists such as Ninar Esber, Mounir Fatmi, Hasan Elahi, and Emily Jacir. Looking at multiple genres and modes of aesthetic production, including AIDS narratives, visual art, and digital media, Haque explores how their conventions are used to subvert the ideals tied to secularism and the various anxieties and investments that support secularism as a premise. These authors and artists critique Western iterations of secular thought in spaces such as art exhibits, airports, borders, and literary discourses to capture how the secularism thesis reproduces the exclusivity it intends to remedy.
OP  - 241
CN  - PS153.A73 H34 2019
SN  - 9780815654773
SN  - 0815654774
SN  - 9780815636311
SN  - 9780815636496
KW  - American fiction : Arab American authors : History and criticism.
KW  - American fiction : 20th century : History and criticism.
KW  - Arab American arts.
KW  - Secularism in literature.
KW  - Race in literature.
KW  - Islam and secularism : United States.
KW  - Roman américain : 20e siècle : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Race dans la littérature.
KW  - Islam et laïcité : États-Unis.
KW  - 1900 - 1999.
KW  - American fiction
KW  - American fiction : Arab American authors
KW  - Arab American arts
KW  - Islam and secularism
KW  - Race in literature
KW  - Secularism in literature
KW  - United States
KW  - Kunst
KW  - Säkularismus : Motiv
KW  - Islam : Motiv
KW  - Ethnische Identität : Motiv
KW  - Literatur
KW  - Araber
KW  - USA
KW  - USA.
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -