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The Transformative Potential of Black British and British Muslim Literature : Heterotopic Spaces and the Politics of Destabilisation / Lisa Ahrens.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: LettrePublisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2019]Copyright date: 2019Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783839447697
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820.9896041 23
LOC classification:
  • PR120.B55 A37 2019
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section One: Theoretical Perspectives -- 1 Theoretical Framework: Perspectives on Power and Exclusion -- 2 Theorising (Interactive) Heterotopic Spaces in Black British and British Muslim Literature -- Section Two: Literary Representations of Heterotopic Spaces -- 3 The Mosque -- 4 The University of Oxford -- 5 The Plantation -- Section Three: Interactive Heterotopic Spaces -- 6 Unfamiliar Familiarity: Transforming Genres -- 7 Closeness and Distance: Creating Ideological Positions for the Reader -- Conclusion -- Works Cited
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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section One: Theoretical Perspectives -- 1 Theoretical Framework: Perspectives on Power and Exclusion -- 2 Theorising (Interactive) Heterotopic Spaces in Black British and British Muslim Literature -- Section Two: Literary Representations of Heterotopic Spaces -- 3 The Mosque -- 4 The University of Oxford -- 5 The Plantation -- Section Three: Interactive Heterotopic Spaces -- 6 Unfamiliar Familiarity: Transforming Genres -- 7 Closeness and Distance: Creating Ideological Positions for the Reader -- Conclusion -- Works Cited

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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