Alienated Muslim Identity in the Post-9/11 America: A Transnational Study of<i>The Reluctant Fundamentalist</i>

Khan, Sobia

doi:10.1080/02759527.2015.11933039

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“…In doing so, the author reveals the complexity of Changez's struggle to belong in the United States while retaining his Pakistani identity. (Khan, 2015). Khan further observes that this idea of appearance and the face of the terrorist/American/Changez is brought up in Hamid's story as Changez grapples with his sense of belonging and identity indicators (Khan, 2015).…”

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“…(Dasgupta & Mukherjee, 2018). Sobia Khan, in her article Alienated Muslim Identity in the Post-9/11 America: A Transnational Study of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, proclaims that Changez's perspective on the world changes dramatically after the World Trade Center attack, as he becomes the face of the Muslim terrorist (Khan, 2015). Even before 9/11, Changez begins to feel himself an interloper among his American classmates especially during the vacation to Greece.…”

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“…But, after the terrorist attack, Changez feels isolated. He faces his Otherness at various points throughout the novel, but his sense of estrangement becomes more prominent after 9/11 because he looks like the terrorists, is a Muslim like them, and belongs to a foreign country (Khan, 2015). After this, Mohsin Hamid reveals the inner conflict that Changez experiences as he struggles to find his own place in a world suddenly turned upside down.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Crisis of Communitarianism in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Muhammad Ali Khan Clement John,

Omera Saeed,

Ayesha Siddiqa

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International Journal of Social Science Entrepreneurship

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Mohsin Hamid’s novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) has been critically examined from many different angles and with as many different assessments. The inevitable perspectives of socio-political affiliations; gender-related issues; religious persuasions; and terrorism are the usual benchmarks adopted by critics. All the standpoints mentioned in the preceding sentence proceed from ideological and theological positions. Any discussion along these lines tends to be subject to strong centrifugal forces resulting in stalemated debate. The need of the hour is to discuss such matters under the auspices of centripetal influences which bring differing viewpoints together rather than pull them asunder. Consequently, this study utilizes the lens of Communitarianism derived from the work Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts (2002) by Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick. This concept proceeds from the premise that the functioning norms of any community dictate its ethical standards. Since the notion of community itself is an arbitrary construct, it can be adjusted to become more and more all-encompassing with empathy, understanding, and effort. However, as this study concludes, unexpected traumatic events can disrupt this delicate social development and result in a Crisis of Communitarianism.

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Section: Dasgupta and Mukherjee Trace The Roots Of The Crisis Of Comm...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dasgupta and Mukherjee Trace The Roots Of The Crisis Of Comm...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Crisis of Communitarianism in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Muhammad Ali Khan Clement John,

Omera Saeed,

Ayesha Siddiqa

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International Journal of Social Science Entrepreneurship

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“…In the case of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, some studies put their concern on integration, alienation, and identity crisis. Ghosh (2013) and Khan (2015) discuss the alienation and the process of integration as experienced by the main character. Those studies also link to the other ones which highlight the problem of ambivalent identity and identity crisis.…”

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Identity Negotiation in the Age of Global Migration in Exophonic Novels

Alivin

2021

NOBEL

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The vast changing of the cultural structure caused by globalization and migration has a complicated identity. A higher number of migrants from numerous parts of the world has arisen lately, especially from Middle Eastern and Muslim countries facing various conflicts. Negotiating identities, thus, becomes inevitable, particularly for migrants. Identity negotiation has been frequently raised as an underlying issue in early 2000s literary works. Such an era becomes a worth researching topic on migration as portrayed in exophonic novels. Exophony refers to writing and producing literary works in a language that is not one’s mother tongue. The article covers the analysis of novels written by exophonic writers: Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner (2003), Elif Shafak’s The Bastard of Istanbul (2006), and Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007). The analysis focuses on identity negotiation experienced by Muslim diaspora characters by employing Homi K. Bhabha’s cultural identity. This study reveals that identity negotiation often occurs in the context of power relations and can occasionally be hegemonizing. This notion is backed by the fact that the complexity of the identity negotiation process occurs not only at the intersection of opposed cultures or civilizations but also at the intersection of politics and power relations.

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“…Most of the studies use postcolonial constructs to interpret his identity crisis from nationalistic or religious point of view. For example, Khan (2015) discusses the insider-outsider role of Changez in peripheral spaces. Similarly, Ghosh (2013) focuses on the alienation and integration process of Changez in his travel to the US and back to Pakistan.…”

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Moratorium or Achievement: Identity Statuses in Mohsin Hamids The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Perveen

Anwar

2020

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) traces the evolution of Changezs sense of belonging by encompassing a substantial part of his life odyssey, ranging from his movement to the US for higher studies to his disillusionment and redirection of fundamental desires. This study explores those transformative stages that help shape his identity. For this purpose, James Marcias theory of identity achievement has been used as a theoretical framework. Marcia (1980) contends that certain situations and events (called crises) act as catalysts to prompt identity moratorium. The internal conflict caused by such catalysts stimulates adolescents to probe into their beliefs, goals and values. Changez also encounters the four statuses described by Marcia i.e., identity diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium and final achievement. Consequently, a refraction in his sense of belonging takes place - from love for American exceptionalism to love for Pakistan and Islam (Morey, 2011). This study evaluates the level of identity achievement in Changez as a result of this refraction

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Alienated Muslim Identity in the Post-9/11 America: A Transnational Study ofThe Reluctant Fundamentalist

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

The Crisis of Communitarianism in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Crisis of Communitarianism in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Identity Negotiation in the Age of Global Migration in Exophonic Novels

Moratorium or Achievement: Identity Statuses in Mohsin Hamids The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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