Twenty-First-Century Antigones : The Postcolonial Woman Shaped by 9/11 in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire

Set in the early 2010s, the backdrop of Kamila Shamsie's novel Home Fire (2017) is a familiar one to contemporary readers, colored by the rise of far-right populist movements and the increase in anti-Muslim initiatives. This article examines how the novel engages with new Orientalist representa...

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Main Author: Mendes, Ana Cristina Ferreira (author)
Other Authors: Lau, Lisa (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/47358
Country:Portugal
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