Longing and Belonging in If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar and Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21754420 |
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| Authors | Andrada Yunusoğlu (0000-0001-6096-2429, University of Bucharest, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Pages | 172-188 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Caietele Echinox (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1582-960X |
| Publisher | Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.24193/cechinox.2023.45.11 |
| OpenAlex | W4391409351 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In this study I shall analyse the sense of belonging in Fatimah Asghar’s debut poetry collection If They Come for Us, and in Safia Elhillo’s novel Home Is Not a Country. Both writers describe a specific experience – being Muslim in the US, and also trying to recover places that were once home. Moreover, these books discuss identity from a feminist perspective, especially from an intersectional point of view, taking into account their multiple identities. Moreover, I aim to showcase that not only by using a first-person perspective, but by addressing issues such as identity, selfhood, belonging, family and (dis) placement, being a woman or a non-confirming person with a Muslim cultural background and also living in a westernized culture, Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo give a voice to a marginalized group. Furthermore, by writing from a feminist perspective they are creating an empowered voice, raising awareness on the abovementioned issues
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Poetry · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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