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The politics of hijab in Monica Ali’s "Brick Lane"

Verfasst von: Pereira-Ares, Noemí
in: The journal of Commonwealth literature
East Grinstead: 2013 , 201 - 220 S.

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Einrichtung: Ariadne | Wien
Verfasst von: Pereira-Ares, Noemí
In: The journal of Commonwealth literature
Jahr: 2013
Sprache: Englisch
Beschreibung:
In Brick Lane, Monica Ali problematizes the practice of hijab both implicitly and explicitly. To this end, the British Bangladeshi writer does not simply open the discussion within the fictional world of the novel. She also creates a series of characters whose dressed bodies silently project a broad spectrum of attitudes towards hijab, attitudes that range from the rejection to the ardent celebration of such a practice. Relying on socio-cultural studies on the subject, the present contribution intends to examine the politics of hijab as represented in Brick Lane, demonstrating how the novel fictionalizes many of the competing discourses which have surrounded the question of hijab in recent decades.
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