This is a call for book chapters for Orientalism after 9/11 to be published by a major publisher

Muslims are often portrayed as either victors or vanquished in post-9/11 literature. These narratives address the estrangement of a Muslim either by reiterating the Orientalist representations of Islam or by subscribing to Neo-Orientalist representations of an “acceptable Muslim” who chooses national identity over religious identity in Western liberal societies. Neo-Orientalism is more than ‘sue generis’ to Orientalism—it embodies newer ways of alienating Muslims in modern society. Ali Behdad and Juliet Williams describe it as a “continuity between contemporary and traditional forms of Orientalism”  that complicates everyday living in Muslim life. Popular opinion often rests on the fact that the alienation of ‘post-9/11 Muslim’ is the result of failed American diplomacy in the Middle East or the racialization of Muslims in the United States after the Twin Tower attacks.

This book attempts to bring together scholars who inquire into this Muslim alienation in varied global productions across Muslim and non-Muslim cultures in contemporary times. While there is considerable scholarship on Neo-Orientalism, what remains largely undiscussed are the ways that Muslims grapple with the effects of Neo-Orientalism in contemporary global literature. Therefore, this book seeks to achieve two things: First, it aims to delve deep into the origins of contemporary orientalism/post-orientalism debate—the religious, political, and social constructs of liberal democracies that encourage and detest neo-Orientalism at the same time. Second, it aims to explore ways in which contemporary literature has represented Muslims and Muslimness in the neo-Oriental age. The purpose of this conference is to bring together experts (literary, political, social, and cultural) who engage with discourses that complicate the representations of Muslims in the post-9/11 world. This note seeks papers on these areas:

• Postcolonialism and Neo-Orientalism
• Liberalism and Orientalism
• Islamophobia in secular democracies
• Muslims responding to the pandemic of islamophobia worldwide
• Muslimness or everyday Islam in modern societies
• The politics of moderate Islam as a neo-colonial and neo-liberal enterprise

Submission of book chapter abstract
Please could you submit a 250-word abstract with a chapter title and keywords to us (email below) by 15th December 2024. Please write a short 50-100 word biography with your institutional email address.

Timelines
Submission of abstract: 15th December 2024
Decision of abstract: 15th January 2025
Submission of book chapter: 15th May 2025
Submission of Book Proposal: 15th June 2025

Book Editors

Dr. Priyadarshini Gupta
priyadarshini@jgu.edu.in

Dr. Mosarrap Hossain Khan
mhkhan@jgu.edu.in 

categories

Keywords: Literature, Political Science, Law, Anthropology, Terrorism Studies, and Islamic Studies