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Unfolding Islamophobic Racism in American Fiction

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Unfolding Islamophobic Racism in American Fiction

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Unfolding Islamophobic Racism in American Fiction presents Islamophobia as a manifestation of racism in literary texts to understand American perspective of Islam and Muslims. By deconstructing selected literary works of Lorrain Adams, John Updike and Don Delillo within Fredrickson’s notion of racism as scavenger ideology, Humaira Riaz argues that fiction incorporates racism cloaked in Islamophobia. The author concludes that necessitating interfaith community interaction may help in decreasing religious conflicts. Many of the Western and American assumptions about Islam are generated from ignorance. This work proposes a thorough discursive understanding of Islam as a code of life.

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Table of Contents

Dedication
Preface
Introduction: Sociohistorical Development of Racism
Chapter One: 'Heather Among Mohammeds' Lorrain Adams' Harbor (2004)
Chapter Two: 'Devil America' John Updike's Terrorist (2006)
Chapter Three: 'Turn-of-the Century America' Don DeLillo's Falling Man (2007)
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

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Published Dec 19 2022
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 1
ISBN 9781978797512
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 1 b/w photos;
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Humaira Riaz

Humaira Riaz is assistant professor in the Departm…

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