The politics of hijab in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9002017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noemí Pereira-Ares (0000-0002-3489-5178, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-220 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Commonwealth Literature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9894 • E-ISSN: 1741-6442 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021989412474852 |
| OpenAlex | W2027115968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 24 |
In Brick Lane, Monica Ali problematizes the practice of hijab both implicitly and explicitly. To this end, the British Bangladeshi writer does not simply open the discussion within the fictional world of the novel. She also creates a series of characters whose dressed bodies silently project a broad spectrum of attitudes towards hijab, attitudes that range from the rejection to the ardent celebration of such a practice. Relying on socio-cultural studies on the subject, the present contribution intends to examine the politics of hijab as represented in Brick Lane, demonstrating how the novel fictionalizes many of the competing discourses which have surrounded the question of hijab in recent decades
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Brick · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subject (documents · Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · Gender Studies · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
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Women and Gender in Islam
Visibly Muslim
Dangerous Designs
Postcolonialism
Muslim Britain
Islam, Globalization and Postmodernity
Veil
British Asian fiction
Muslim Women and the Politics of Representation
Islamic Cosmopolitanism
Narrative Discourse
Shapes and Shadows
The Multicultural Bildungsroman
Representing Middle Eastern Women
Post-Colonial Feminism and the Veil
Islam, Gender, and Social Change
Controlled or Autonomous
Race and antiracism in black British and British Asian literature
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2020 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |