"Our Various Hues of Brown": The Politics of Polyvocality in Ayad Akhtar's American Dervish

This essay examines the politics of polyvocality in Ayad Akhtar's American Dervish, a novel that shares with many others the aim to showcase the diversity of voices within Islam. While polyvocality is often celebrated as a challenge to representations of Islam as a monolith, American Dervish il...

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Main Author: Malik, Surbhi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society at Creighton University 2017
In: Journal of religion & society. Supplement
Year: 2017, Volume: 14, Pages: 44-57
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