Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts

This article analyzes the representation of hijab and of hijab-wearing women in two post-9/11 British literary texts, Leila Aboulela’s Minaret (2005) and Shelina Janmohamed’s Love in a Headscarf (2009). It discusses the strong resolve of the heroines of these works with regard to wearing the hijab d...

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Main Author:	Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Brill, Leiden, Netherlands 2016
Subjects:	HQ1101 Women. Feminism BP188 Islamic religious life BP52.5 Muslim in non-Muslim countries PR English literature
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spelling	iium-520022017-10-03T07:44:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52002/ Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts Hasan, Md. Mahmudul HQ1101 Women. Feminism BP188 Islamic religious life BP52.5 Muslim in non-Muslim countries PR English literature This article analyzes the representation of hijab and of hijab-wearing women in two post-9/11 British literary texts, Leila Aboulela’s Minaret (2005) and Shelina Janmohamed’s Love in a Headscarf (2009). It discusses the strong resolve of the heroines of these works with regard to wearing the hijab despite opposition to it from within their peers, friends and family members as well as Islamophobic hostility to this most overt and visible marker of Muslim identity. While many women wear hijab instinctively and without question in order to follow their religion and cultural tradition, Najwa in the fictional work Minaret and Shelina in the memoir Love in a Headscarf decide to wear it reflectively after long contemplation and much soul searching. Such experiences convincingly and creatively refute the assumption that hijab is imposed on Muslim women by male relatives and dispel the most widespread stereotype that it is synonymous with female oppression. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52002/1/Oppression%20versus%20Liberation.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52002/12/52002-Oppression%20versus%20Liberation%20Representation_WOS.pdf Hasan, Md. Mahmudul (2016) Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts. Hawwa: Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World, 14 (2). pp. 147-165. ISSN 1569-2078 E-ISSN 1569-2086 http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15692086-12341305 10.1163/15692086-12341305
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description	This article analyzes the representation of hijab and of hijab-wearing women in two post-9/11 British literary texts, Leila Aboulela’s Minaret (2005) and Shelina Janmohamed’s Love in a Headscarf (2009). It discusses the strong resolve of the heroines of these works with regard to wearing the hijab despite opposition to it from within their peers, friends and family members as well as Islamophobic hostility to this most overt and visible marker of Muslim identity. While many women wear hijab instinctively and without question in order to follow their religion and cultural tradition, Najwa in the fictional work Minaret and Shelina in the memoir Love in a Headscarf decide to wear it reflectively after long contemplation and much soul searching. Such experiences convincingly and creatively refute the assumption that hijab is imposed on Muslim women by male relatives and dispel the most widespread stereotype that it is synonymous with female oppression.
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author	Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
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title	Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts
title_short	Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts
title_full	Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts
title_fullStr	Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts
title_full_unstemmed	Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts
title_sort	oppression versus liberation: representation of hijab in two post-9/11 british literary texts
publisher	Brill, Leiden, Netherlands
publishDate	2016
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Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts

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