1st Edition

Decolonisation in British Muslim Women’s Writing The Ontology of The Postcolonial Flâneuse

By Ramisha Rafique Copyright 2027
176 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Decolonisation in British Muslim Women’s Writing: The Ontology of The Postcolonial Flâneuse  introduces the figure of the postcolonial flâneuse through five distinct modes of postcolonial flâneuserie: Activist, Dervish, Cyber, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Punk postcolonial flâneuse.  Bringing together postcolonial theory, urban studies, and contemporary British Muslim women’s writing, the author... Read more

Introduction: The Ontology of The Postcolonial Flâneuse; Chapter 1: The Postcolonial Flâneuse as Activist; Chapter 2: The British Muslim Flâneuse as Dervish; Chapter 3: The Cyber Postcolonial Flâneuse; Chapter 4: The Covid-19 Pandemic Postcolonial Flâneuse; Chapter 5: The Punk Postcolonial Flâneuse; Conclusion: A Postcolonial Refashioning of Flâneuserie

Biography

Dr Ramisha Rafique completed her PhD at Nottingham Trent University, where her creative-critical doctoral thesis, funded by the NTU Vice Chancellor Scholarship, explored the ontology of the postcolonial flâneuse and decolonisation in British Muslim women’s writing. Her work combines critical and creative practices, contributing to interdisciplinary approaches within postcolonial and flânerie studies. Her research specialisms include Postcolonial Literature, Creative Writing (Poetry), Flânerie, Gendered Islamophobia, and Contemporary British Muslim Women’s Writing. Her work has been published in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing (2023), The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia (2024), and Literary Encyclopedia (2023). Her poetry pamphlet, The Postcolonial Flâneuse (2025), is published by Five Leaves Publications.