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BELONGINGS EXPLORING EMOTIONAL TERRITORIES OF HOME DESIRE AND IDENTITY IN SHAMSIES HOME FIRE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).11      10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).11      Published : Mar 2022

[Be]Longings: Exploring Emotional Territories of Home, Desire and Identity in Shamsie's Home Fire

Abstract

    The present article is an exploration of Shamsie’s Home Fire (2017). Contextualized in the theoretical narratives of Islamophobia and postcolonial studies, the present paper is based on a qualitative analysis of the selected textual lines to reveal the struggles inherent in the minds and hearts of second and third-generation colonial subjects. The characters desire to be heard, to belong to a nation, a culture, a family, a loved one, an ideology and a home.However, their life trajectories reveal the inherent difficulties embedded in trying to be 'British' as well as 'Muslims', the two identities that seem to be at conflicting ends owing to a surge in Islamophobia. By drawing attention to the complexity of 'belonging' and 'home', this article tries to reveal the ensuing identity crisis experienced by British Muslims in the wake of post-9/11Islamophobia.

    Islamophobia, British Muslims, Diaspora Literature, Identity Crisis, Desire

    (1) Fariha Chaudhary
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Maimoona Khan
    Associate Professor, Department of English, Women University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Chaudhary, F., & Khan, M. (2022). [Be]Longings: Exploring Emotional Territories of Home, Desire and Identity in Shamsie's Home Fire. Global Political Review, VII(I), 100-108. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).11

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Chaudhary, Fariha, and Maimoona Khan. 2022. "[Be]Longings: Exploring Emotional Territories of Home, Desire and Identity in Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Political Review, VII (I): 100-108 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).11

HARVARD

    HARVARD : CHAUDHARY, F. & KHAN, M. 2022. [Be]Longings: Exploring Emotional Territories of Home, Desire and Identity in Shamsie's Home Fire. Global Political Review, VII, 100-108.

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    MHRA : Chaudhary, Fariha, and Maimoona Khan. 2022. "[Be]Longings: Exploring Emotional Territories of Home, Desire and Identity in Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Political Review, VII: 100-108

MLA

    MLA : Chaudhary, Fariha, and Maimoona Khan. "[Be]Longings: Exploring Emotional Territories of Home, Desire and Identity in Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Political Review, VII.I (2022): 100-108 Print.

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    OXFORD : Chaudhary, Fariha and Khan, Maimoona (2022), "[Be]Longings: Exploring Emotional Territories of Home, Desire and Identity in Shamsie's Home Fire", Global Political Review, VII (I), 100-108

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Chaudhary, Fariha, and Maimoona Khan. "[Be]Longings: Exploring Emotional Territories of Home, Desire and Identity in Shamsie's Home Fire." Global Political Review VII, no. I (2022): 100-108. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).11