In-Between Identities: Signs of Islam in Contemporary American Writing.

In-Between Identities: Signs of Islam in Contemporary American Writing.

For the writers and artists in In-Between Identities: Signs of Islam in Contemporary American Writing , contemporary Muslim American identity is neither singular nor fixed. Rather than dismiss the tradition in favor of more secular approaches, however, all of the figures here discover in Muhammad�...

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Main Author: John Waldmeir

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Series: Studies in Religion and the Arts 13.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350.

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Islam in literature.
American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
American literature > Muslim authors > History and criticism.
Muslims in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.

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