Oppression versus liberation: Representation of hijab in two post-9/11 British literary texts

• Main Author: Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Brill, Leiden, Netherlands 2016
• Subjects: HQ1101 Women. Feminism; BP188 Islamic religious life; BP52.5 Muslim in non-Muslim countries; PR English literature
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/52002/1/Oppression%20versus%20Liberation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52002/12/52002-Oppression%20versus%20Liberation%20Representation_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52002/; http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15692086-12341305

This article analyzes the representation of hijab and of hijab-wearing women in two post-9/11 British literary texts, Leila Aboulela’s Minaret (2005) and Shelina Janmohamed’s Love in a Headscarf (2009). It discusses the strong resolve of the heroines of these works with regard to wearing the hijab d...