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

by John Waldmeir

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's revelation resources for affirming such uncertainty. For them, the Qur'anic notion of a divine "sign" validates creation, even that creativity born...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004382534
• ISBN13: 9789004382534
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"