This book traces the genealogy of 'women's fiction' in South Asia
and looks at the interesting and fascinating world of fiction by
Muslim women. It explores how Muslim women have contributed to the
growth and development of genre fiction in South Asia and brings
into focus diverse genres, including speculative, horror, campus
fiction, romance, graphic, dystopian amongst others, from the early
20th century to the present. The book debunks myths about
stereotypical representations of South Asian Muslim women and
critically explores how they have located their sensibilities,
body, religious/secular identities, emotions, and history, and have
created a space of their own. It discusses works by authors such as
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Hijab Imtiaz Ali, Mrs. Abdul Qadir,
Muhammadi Begum, Abbasi Begum, Khadija Mastur, Qurratulain Hyder,
Wajida Tabbasum, Attia Hosain, Mumtaz Shah Nawaz, Selina Hossain,
Shaheen Akhtar, Bilquis Sheikh, Gulshan Esther, Maha Khan Phillips,
Zahida Zaidi, Bina Shah, Andaleeb Wajid, and Ayesha Tariq. A volume
full of remarkable discoveries for the field of genre fiction, both
in South Asia and for the wider world, this book, in the Studies in
Global Genre Fiction series, will be useful for scholars and
researchers of English literary studies, South Asian literature,
cultural studies, history, Islamic feminism, religious studies,
gender and sexuality, sociology, translation studies, and
comparative literatures.
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