Decolonisation in British Muslim Women's Writing

Decolonisation in British Muslim Women's Writing: The Ontology of The Postcolonial Flaneuse introduces the figure of the postcolonial flaneuse through five distinct modes of postcolonial flaneuserie: Activist, Dervish, Cyber, COVID-19 Pandemic and Punk postcolonial flaneuse. Bringing together postcolonial theory, flanerie and contemporary British Muslim women's writing, the author examines how Muslim women writers reconfigure the relationship between gender, movement, spectatorship and the city from a decolonising perspective. Expanding beyond dominant formulations of the flaneur, postcolonial flaneur and flaneuse, the study foregrounds marginalised voices and experiences often excluded from discussions of urban modernity and literary mobility. Through close textual analysis and interviews, this monograph explores the relationship and experiences between the postcolonial flaneuse and Muslim women in cities and crowds, and how this literary figure becomes an integral part of re-reading the city with a decolonising point of view. It positions the postcolonial flaneuse as a critical figure for re-reading the city through lived experiences of race, gender, faith and displacement.