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1 online resource (277 pages). |
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text file |
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Lettre
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Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
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| Thesis |
Thesis (doctoral)--University of Paderborn, 2018. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Theoretical framework : perspectives on power and exclusion -- 2. Theorising (interactive) heterotopic spaces in Black British and British Muslim literature -- 3. The mosque -- 4. The University of Oxford -- 5. The plantation -- 6. Unfamiliar familiarity : transforming genres -- 7. Closeness and distance : creating ideological positions for the reader. |
| 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Lisa Ahrens (Dr. phil.), worked as a research assistant at the University of Paderborn where she taught English Cultural and Literary Studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
University of Oxford -- In literature.
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University of Oxford. |
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English literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Black authors. |
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English literature -- Muslim authors -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Muslim authors. |
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Political stability -- Fiction.
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Political stability. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Mosques -- Fiction.
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Plantations in literature.
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Mosques. |
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Public spaces in literature.
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Plantations in literature. |
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Public spaces in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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Literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Literary criticism.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literary criticism.
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Fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ahrens, Lisa. Transformative potential of black British and British Muslim literature. Bielefeld : Transcript, [2019] 9783837647693 (OCoLC)1119709801 |
| ISBN |
9783839447697 pdf |
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3839447690 pdf |
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9783837647693 paperback |
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