From Cheap Labor to Overlooked Citizens: Looking for British Muslim Identities in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire

Banerjee, Debjani

doi:10.4324/9781003246756-6

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“…Banerjee points out the political discussions and the cultural diversity in the post-9/11 scenario. Home Fire is considered a critical commentary on the political situation of the countries that voice cultural and national diversity (Banerjee, 2020). Focusing on the re-orientalist representations of the East (Muslims) in Home Fire, the review of the related literature establishes the gap that is still in totality or in parts missing.…”

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Exotic Representation of the East in the Native West: A Re-Orientalist Analysis of Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire

2022

Central European Management Journal

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This study analyzes Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire (2017) from the re-orientalist perspective through Liza Lau's theoretical lens (2009). Re-orientalism deals with the issues of representation and seeks how far the representation is authentic. Analyzing the techniques of re-orientalism in the select novel, the current study takes into account the ways in which the author makes her novel appear an autobiographical account that in Meenakshi Mukerjee's view creates the problem of authenticity. The study also investigates the problem of generalization with "truth claims" to address the needs of larger Western communities. In practicing re-orientalism, South Asian writers either omit the presence of South Asian culture or reflect on it with stereotypes and sensational materials. The novel seems to critique South Asian shallow educated folks, who blindly admire or practice Western cultures. The commons and subalterns either have no identity and representation or have homogenous representation in such Diaspora writings, leading to the misrepresentation of the common masses. The study employs qualitative, interpretive, and textual analytical methods to codify and interpret the primary and secondary data. Besides addressing the concerned research community and educational needs, the broader impact of the study addresses the UN's SDG No. 04 (Quality Education) and SDG No. 10 (Reduce Inequality).

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Exotic Representation of the East in the Native West: A Re-Orientalist Analysis of Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire

2022

Central European Management Journal

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“…She concludes that, although the works belong to different regions, they could be categorized under one cannon as Muslim literature. Debjani Banerjee (2020) analyses British Muslim identities in Anglophone Pakistani fiction. The most recent work on fictional representation of violence and politics is of Ahmed (2021) who analyses the fiction of Fatima Bhutto and Jamil Ahmad in the context of tribal region of Pakistan.…”

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Political Violence and Necropolitics in Omar Shahid Hamid’s The Prisoner

Ahmed

2022

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This article examines violence and necropolitical experiences in the management of life and death in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi and its representation by Omar Shahid Hamid in his debut novel The Prisoner (2013). Pakistan's western border and the largest city Karachi have long been epicentres of violent actions in the backdrop of wars (for instance, the Soviet and the 'War on Terror') in neighbouring Afghanistan. The relationship of governing authorities with violence and necropolitics is analysed in the light of critical approaches from the works of Michael Foucault (2008),

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From Cheap Labor to Overlooked Citizens: Looking for British Muslim Identities in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire

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Exotic Representation of the East in the Native West: A Re-Orientalist Analysis of Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire

Exotic Representation of the East in the Native West: A Re-Orientalist Analysis of Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire

Political Violence and Necropolitics in Omar Shahid Hamid’s The Prisoner

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