Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case
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Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case by Michael Bond
Queer Muslims are usually the subjects of both Islamophobia and homophobia. This timely study considers how they represent themselves in their own terms. Queer Muslim diasporas in contemporary literature and film approaches queer Muslims as figures forced to negotiate their identities according to the expectations of the West and of their migrant Muslim communities. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective via the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, Sara Ahmed, Gayatri Gopinath and Jasbir K. Puar, amongst others, the book explores depictions of queer Muslims in the West as disorganising the social categories that make up contemporary western societies. The book takes three main focal points: the depiction of queer desire across racial and national borders, the negotiation of Islamic femininities and masculinities, and the positioning of the queer Muslim self in time and place. These thematic clusters allow us to appreciate the nuances and complexities of the artistic depiction of queer Muslims' mundane challenges to western Islamophobia and Islamicate heteronormativity. This book will be of interest to scholars and advanced general readers interested in Muslims, queerness, diaspora, and postcolonialism; final-year undergraduate students and postgraduate students at all levels will find it a valuable contribution to a controversial debate.
Bond, Michael: - Michael Bond is a science writer and former Senior Editor at New Scientist. His work has appeared in Nature, Aeon, Discover, the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Financial Times, and elsewhere. His book The Power of Others: Peer Pressure, Groupthink, and How the People Around Us Shape Everything We Do won the British Psychology Society Science Book of the Year Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747236283 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747236283 |
| Title | Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case |
| Author | Michael Bond |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 1992-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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