She writes in many-coloured headscarves!: a conversation with Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

Shelina Janmohamed, the British Muslim writer and commentator, feels impatient with the stereotypic labels attributed by the West to Asian Muslim women. Through her memoir, Love in a Headscarf, she breaks out all the miserable images of what it is to be a British Asian Muslim woman, addressing issue...

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Published in:Culture and religion
Authors: Janmohamed, Shelina Zahra (Interviewee) ; Girishkumar, Divya (Interviewer)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2016]
In: Culture and religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B British woman / Muslim woman / Writer / Religious identity
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
KBF British Isles
Further subjects:B Interview
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:Shelina Janmohamed, the British Muslim writer and commentator, feels impatient with the stereotypic labels attributed by the West to Asian Muslim women. Through her memoir, Love in a Headscarf, she breaks out all the miserable images of what it is to be a British Asian Muslim woman, addressing issues that range from Asian marriages to Islamic terrorism and the question of the veil.
ISSN:1475-5610
Contains:Enthalten in: Culture and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2016.1217896