Islam in the Eastern African Novel

By Emad Mirmotahari

Book Overview

This study of the sub-Saharan African novel interprets representations of Islam as a central organising presence that generates new conceptual questions and demands new critical frameworks with which to approach categories like nationhood, race, diaspora, immigration, and Africa's multiple colonial pasts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349291242
• ISBN13: 9781349291243
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"