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Too Sexy for the Veil? (Post?)terrorist Islam in Contemporary Popular Fiction

Panel: 
East-West Literary Relations
Abstract: 

This paper will explore representations of Islam in contemporary popular literature, in order to ask whether recent images of Islam have moved beyond Orientalism. Does a questioning of binary thinking alone constitute progress, or is Islam becoming a new Western commodity?

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Katja
Last Name: 
Hawlitschka
Institution: 
Ocean County College