Literary and Non-literary Responses Towards 9/11

<p>This book is based on a collection of academic responses towards 9/11. It proposes to focus on the ways how this event has shaped and complicated the relationship between various identities. Unlike the previous studies done on exploring the post 9/11 effects from political, policy, literary perspective, this book has bridged eclectic and pragmatic approach as the chapters not only critically analyze the stereotyping of identities and nations but also question certain theoretical notions, which need to be rethought in the context of the latest political developments around the world. The focus will be on themes, images, symbolism, and discourses (e.g., music, film, political movements etc) reflecting through literary and non-literary expressions such as fiction, non-fiction, visual/artistic/cultural representations and film.</p> <p>Introduction <b>1. </b>Drone Zone: A Camp without Walls Author <b>2. </b>Breaking the Myths of Peace: Rise of Fundamentalism after 9/11 <b>3. </b>9/11 Aftermath: The Cultural Divide<i> </i><b>4.<i> </i></b>Orientalist, friend or foe? An analysis of post-9/11 discourse on early modernity in South Asia <b>5.</b> Dear Uncle Sam, From Pakistan, With Love": Saadat Hasan Manto’s ‘Letters to Uncle Sam’ in His Time, and In Ours <b>6. </b>Bollywood Audio-Visual Responses Towards 9/11 In Qurbaan and My Name Is Khan <b>7.</b> Contrasts and Reflections: Criticism of 9/11 Policies and Reflections in English Literature <b>8.</b> Un-vanishing Angularities? Placing Pakistani Christians in Third-Millennium Cultural Texts <b>9. </b>Islamization and Post 9/11 ‘Islamophobia’: A Response from Pakistani writers <b>10.</b> Nine-Eleven: Changing Cloaks of Nation Building in Hunza <b>11.</b> 9/11 Through the Lens of Traditional Muslim Scholars <i>Mashal Saif</i><b> </b>Conclusion </p>