Rethinking Identities in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction

Aroosa Kanwal is Assistant Professor in English Literature at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. She teaches Pakistani literature in English, postcolonial theory and literature, literary theory, modern drama, literary criticism and modern poetry. She received her PhD from Lancaster University, UK. Her current research interests include diasporic writings, politics of representation, and questions of migration, borders, identity and resistance in postcolonial literatures, in particular of South Asia.

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. How the World Changed: Narratives of Nationhood and Displaced Muslim Identities 2. Responding to 9/11: Contextualising the Subcontinent and Beyond 3. Reimagining Home Spaces: Pre- and Post-9/11 Constructions of Home and Pakistani Muslim Identity 4. Global Ummah: Negotiating Transnational Muslim Identities Coda: Re-imagining Pakistan Notes Bibliography Index