Tracing representations of the Rushdie affair from 1989 to 2009, this study establishes a genealogy of how British Muslims appeared on the public scene and how an imaginary and politics of this subject position developed.

Autorentext

Nicole Falkenhayner is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany.

Inhalt
PART I: THE RUSHDIE AFFAIR 1. Transnational Takeovers 2. Translation Failures 3. After the fatwa PART II: FIGURATIONS AFTER THE EVENT 4. The Fanatic Son 5. Making the British Muslim in Literature 6. Making the British Muslim in Film and Autobiography PART III: EVENTALIZATION TEMPLATES 7. Eventalizing the British Muslim 8. The Figure of the Muslim in Europe Conclusion