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british writers vs. muslim writers - comparison of their view of muclim communities in GB
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Roomy Naqvy
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I disagree.... Jun 30, 2006

Vito Smolej wrote:

could be the reaction of the writers involved - well, I am not, so I am halfway amused by this reduction of the multidimensional richness of the writer's guild to the onedimensionality of "white" British fiction authors vs Muslim fiction authors

Why not male vs female, Tory vs labour voters, right-handed vs left-handed? "Because it does not make a difference"? What makes the difference? The communities? Our a priori (opinionated) opinion about them? The point of views of some selected X and Ys who probably see the world split along other tectonic lines anyhow?

Salman Rushie's "East and west" comes by in my mind, rereading this...

If this comes over as a rant, I appologize. It should be understood as a hint at caution.


regards

Vito

PS: re Muslim communities in UK, you would love (possibly hate, but in any case get a whale of exposure) Birmingham. A week, two weeks? Take your time.

[Edited at 2006-06-30 13:41]


Veronika is trying to work in the academia and I don't think it is impossible to make any theoretical or rubric related distinctions in academia... and academia also requires some kind of categories....

after all... why use the term Baroque, or Gothic... or German literature or English Literature or American or Indian or postcolonial or postmodernist or Victorian literature... why even call anything poetry or novel... just call them LITERATURE...

No... in the academia one has to make some sort of distinctions... and on the face of it, Veronika's idea is not so bad... only, she should finetune it properly.

Roomy
 
Veronika Hansova
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What is so wrong with categorization? Jul 2, 2006

Vito Smolej wrote:

... I am halfway amused by this reduction of the multidimensional richness of the writer's guild to the onedimensionality of "white" British fiction authors vs Muslim fiction authors

Why not male vs female, Tory vs labour voters, right-handed vs left-handed? "Because it does not make a difference"? What makes the difference? The communities? Our a priori (opinionated) opinion about them? The point of views of some selected X and Ys who probably see the world split along other tectonic lines anyhow?

....

PS: re Muslim communities in UK, you would love (possibly hate, but in any case get a whale of exposure) Birmingham. A week, two weeks? Take your time.

[Edited at 2006-06-30 13:41]


I agree that world is a splendid place full of diversities and deviations from the normal. However, there are some things that are common to certain groups. The intention of my work is not to put the writers strictly in boxes but to point to those common things (ideas, genres, most frequent problems solved in their books etc). And this makes a difference. Shouldn't we rather try to find what we share than what sets us apart?

P.S. Thank you for your Birmingham advice. Currently, I am enjoying the hospitality and friendliness of Muslim communities in Algeria (being here for 3 months so far). As soon as I finish my job here, I will certainly visit Birmingham.
 
Dr Sue Levy (X)
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contemporary British writers Jul 2, 2006

Veronika, your project sounds very interesting. I think you may run into problems though in finding many British writers from outside the Muslim community who portray it in their work. Also, authors do not usually identify themselves nor are they identified by their religious affiliations.

Hanif Kureisha and Monica Ali spring to mind. You'll find some information about them here:
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Veronika, your project sounds very interesting. I think you may run into problems though in finding many British writers from outside the Muslim community who portray it in their work. Also, authors do not usually identify themselves nor are they identified by their religious affiliations.

Hanif Kureisha and Monica Ali spring to mind. You'll find some information about them here:
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/

You could also contact publishers who specialise in "ethnic" authors. Maybe you could get hold of the Writers and Artists Yearbook published by A&C Black in London.

Good luck!
Sue

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Richard Benham
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Good point, Sue! Dec 24, 2006

Sue Levy wrote:

Veronika, your project sounds very interesting. I think you may run into problems though in finding many British writers from outside the Muslim community who portray it in their work. Also, authors do not usually identify themselves nor are they identified by their religious affiliations.


It takes an Aussie to hit the nail on the head. I agree with Sue’s points. However, I would suggest that the thing to do would be to compile a list of authors falling into each of the two categories you want to compare, to see whether you have enough material to work with. Even if you get one of each, something like “Anglia McPom and Ali Mohammed: Two views of Muslim Britain” is a perfectly respectable research topic.
 
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