Publication Date

10-2018

Description

Second-generation writers of Muslim descent have played a crucial role in contesting stereotypes, but relatively little attention has been devoted to contemporary British Muslim women playwrights, whose work is the focus of this study. Yasmin Whittaker-Khan, Azma Dhar, and Emteaz Hussain examine the gender and sexual politics of Islam in the context of increasingly polarised debates about immigration and multiculturalism in Britain. Subverting Islamophobic stereotypes and conservative efforts to define or delimit Islam, they provide intimate views of diverse, self-critical, and adaptable subcultures.

Journal

Contemporary Theatre Review

Volume

28

Issue

3

First Page

378

Last Page

389

Department

English

DOI

10.1080/10486801.2018.1475361

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