
A Match Made in Heaven
British Muslim Women Write about Love and Desire
HopeRoad (Publisher)
Published on 27. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-1-9164671-9-4 (ISBN)
Description
Star-studded and beautifully written, this collection of twelve diverse stories tackles love and desire by South Asian-heritage British Muslim women authors, including Ayisha Malik (author of This Green and Pleasant Land) and Shelina Janmohamed (author of Love in a Headscarf).
Although outsiders often expect Muslim women to be timid, conservative, or submissive, the reality is different. While some of these authors express a quiet piety and explore poignant situations, others use black humour and biting satire, or play with possibilities. Still others shade into the territory of a Muslim Fifty Shades of Grey, creating grey areas where the mainstream media sees only black and white.
Theese authors write on social issues such as women's and LGBTQI+ rights within diverse and multicultural societies and, more specifically, speaking to issues such as marriage, spousal migration and sex education.
Although outsiders often expect Muslim women to be timid, conservative, or submissive, the reality is different. While some of these authors express a quiet piety and explore poignant situations, others use black humour and biting satire, or play with possibilities. Still others shade into the territory of a Muslim Fifty Shades of Grey, creating grey areas where the mainstream media sees only black and white.
Theese authors write on social issues such as women's and LGBTQI+ rights within diverse and multicultural societies and, more specifically, speaking to issues such as marriage, spousal migration and sex education.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HopeRoad Publishing Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9164671-9-4 (9781916467194)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Claire Chambers teaches postcolonial literature the University of York. Her fascination with Muslim South Asia was sparked by a teenage year spent in Peshawar. Nafhesa Ali is a sociologist and the lead postdoctoral researcher for the Storying Relationship project at Sheffield University. She researches gender, age, the life course, and methods. Richard Phillips is a geographer and Storying Relationships' principal investigator at Sheffield University. His research interests include contemporary multiculturalism and the world after Empire. All three authors live in the UK.
Content
Foreword;Introduction;The Cat That Came in with the Dark;Love Letter;Ghazal;Her Trials; Boneland;Tears and Tantrums;Waiting for the Bus;Marriage of Convenience; Rearranged;Peter Pochmann Goes to Dinner;Moments in Time;Frida's Breakfast;A Simple Nature;Proper and Perfect?; Acid Reflux;Heartbeat