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by Haris Qadeer (Editor), P. K. Yasser Arafath (Editor)
This book traces the genealogy of 'women's fiction' in South Asia and looks at the interesting and fascinating world of fiction by Muslim women. It explores how Muslim women have contributed to the growth and development of genre fiction in South Asia, and brings into focus various diverse genres.
Author Biography
Haris Qadeer is Assistant Professor at the Department of English, University of Delhi, India. He was visiting faculty at the Department of English, Potsdam University, Germany (2019). His research interests include literatures and cultures of South Asian Muslims, refugee narratives, post-colonial studies, translations, and South Asian writings in English. He has coedited a special issue on postcolonial world literature, Thesis Eleven. He has translated writings by Joginder Paul, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Manto, Zafar Ali, Anis Rafi, Krishn Chandra, and Taranum Riyaz. His forthcoming works are The Silence that Speaks: Short Fiction by Indian Muslim Women and Medical Maladies: Doctors, Patients, and Hospitals in Indian Short Fiction.
P. K. Yasser Arafath is Assistant Professor at the Department of History, University of Delhi, India. He was Dr. L. M. Singhvi Fellow at the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge University, UK (2017). His research papers and articles have been published in major journals, including Economic and Political Weekly, Social Scientists, Medieval History Journal, IESHR, and Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Currently, he is completing a book manuscript, titled Malabarnama: Intimate Texts and Lyrical Resistance in the Age of Disorder (c. 1500-1875). He has a PhD degree in History from Hyderabad Central University (HCU), India.
