Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One
Sex and Other Cities: Abjected Age, Abandoned Flesh
Chapter Two
Female Masochism and Textual Masquerade in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane and Untold Story
Chapter Three
Muslimah Seeing America: Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
Chapter Four
Surface Violation: Parastou Forouhar’s Domestic Sublime
Chapter Five
The Mother Mark and Other Tongues in Nylon Road
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Jean M. Kane received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia, an M.A. in English from Stanford University, and a B.A. in Comparative Literature and Art History from Indiana University. She is currently Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Vassar College.
