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Book Detail
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Queer Muslim diasporas in contemporary literature and film
Carbajal, Alberto Fernandez
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Category: Social Science: Homosexuality Gay Studies Publisher: Oxford University Press Status: Out of Stock at the Publisher Imprint: Manchester University Press Affiliation: Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Roehampton Audience: Professional and scholarly Quantity On Hand: 0, Reprint Pending
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Synopsis:
This book explores the representation of queer migrant Muslims in international literature and film from the 1980s to the present day. Bringing together a variety of contemporary writers and filmmakers of Muslim heritage engaged in vindicating same-sex desire, the book approaches queer Muslims
in the diaspora as figures forced to negotiate their identities according to the expectations of the West and of their migrant Muslim communities. The book examines 3 main themes: the depiction of queer desire across racial and national borders, the negotiation of Islamic femininities and
masculinities, and the positioning of the queer Muslim self in time and place. This study will be of interest to scholars, as well as to advanced general readers and postgraduate students, interested in Muslims, queerness, diaspora and postcolonialism. It brings nuance and complexity to an often
simplified and controversial topic.
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