Interrogating Secularism - Race and Religion in Arab Transnational Art and Literature (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Arab American Studies
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Danielle Haque
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-3649-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8156-3649-0
Barcode:	9780815636496

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