Bones of Contention in Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Geometry of God
Recent upheavals in the Arab world are far more likely to have been triggered by the impact of globalization on autocratic regimes than by the doctrine of the “clash of civilizations.” Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Geometry of God probes similar fractures undermining Pakistani society along religious/secula...
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| Materialtyp: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sammanfattning: | Recent upheavals in the Arab world are far more likely to have been triggered by the impact of globalization on autocratic regimes than by the doctrine of the “clash of civilizations.” Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Geometry of God probes similar fractures undermining Pakistani society along religious/secular, civil/military, urban/rural or autocratic/democratic lines. This paper examines how in Khan’s novel Pakistan addresses the different challenges of modernity, or more precisely, how Islam struggles to maintain its hold on a growing secularized society. It also highlights the oppression of women with the legacy of General Zia ul-Haq’s islamization policy of chadar aur chaardhiwaaree (“the sheet and four walls”). |
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