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Making the British Muslim

Representations of the Rushdie Affair and Figures of the War-On-Terror Decade

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Europe in a Global Context (EGC)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 1-19
  3. The Rushdie Affair

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
    2. Transnational Takeovers

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 23-35
    3. Translation Failures

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 36-63
    4. After the Fatwa

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 64-92
  4. Figurations after the Event

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. The Fanatic Son

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 95-109
    3. Making the British Muslim in Literature

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 110-137
    4. Making the British Muslim in Film and Autobiography

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 138-150
  5. Eventalization Templates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
    2. Eventalizing the British Muslim

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 153-167
    3. The Figure of the Muslim in Europe

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 168-179
    4. Conclusion

      • Nicole Falkenhayner
      Pages 180-187
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 188-219

About this book

Tracing representations of the Rushdie affair from 1989 to 2009, this study establishes a genealogy of how British Muslims appeared on the public scene and how an imaginary and politics of this subject position developed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Freiburg, Germany

    Nicole Falkenhayner

About the author

Nicole Falkenhayner is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany.

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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