Esra Mirze Santesso, Disorientation: Muslim Identity in Contemporary Anglophone Literature

Abstract

Disorientation: Muslim Identity in Contemporary Anglophone Literature significantly contributes to work in postcolonial literary studies on Muslim identity, particularly within immigrant and/or minority contexts. Its closest affiliates are Amin Malak’s Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English (Albany: SUNY Press, 2004) and Geoffrey Nash’s Writing Muslim Identity (London: Continuum, 2012); it is also informed by the work of Claire Chambers. Mirze Santesso convincingly updates what analys...