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This study investigates power, belonging and exclusion in British society by analysing representations of the mosque, the University of Oxford, and the plantation in novels by Leila Aboulela, Robin Yassin-Kassab, Diran Adebayo, David Dabydeen, Andrea Levy, and Bernardine Evaristo.
Lisa Ahrens combines Foucault's theory of heterotopia with elements of Wolfgang Iser's reader-response theory to work out Black British and British Muslim literature's potential for destabilising exclusionary boundaries. In this way, new perspectives open up on the intersections between space, power and literature, intertwining and enriching the discourses of Cultural and Literary Studies.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 9
1 Theoretical Framework: Perspectives on Power and Exclusion 29
2 Theorising (Interactive) Heterotopic Spaces in Black British and British Muslim Literature 41
3 The Mosque 57
4 The University of Oxford 85
5 The Plantation 117
6 Unfamiliar Familiarity: Transforming Genres 141
7 Closeness and Distance: Creating Ideological Positions for the Reader 205
Conclusion 243
Works Cited 257