Research Article

Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space

Volume: 7 Number: 2 October 26, 2023
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Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space

Abstract

The September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center have had catalytic, diverse effects on both national and global scales. The present study will analyze Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist as a 9/11 narrative exploring the implications of living in a society characterized by the securitization of everyday lives, mediatized terrorism, and heightened senses of uncertainty, anxiety, and aggressive patriotism. To this end, it will be examined how competing riskscapes produced multifariously in the aftermath of 9/11 are represented in the novel. The novel foregrounds both risk and space. The protagonist’s physical and symbolic mobility reveal the intricacies of living in the post-9/11 world that are often overlooked in institutionalized risk discourses. The novel which takes in a large narrative space including cities such as New York, Manila, Lahore, and Valparaiso will be examined from the critical perspectives of risk and space, which, in turn, will shed light on the signigicance of various roles played py individual and social processes in the definition and experience of risks of various sorts.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Literary Theory, Literary Studies (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 26, 2023

Submission Date

August 21, 2023

Acceptance Date

October 8, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Tabur, Ş. (2023). Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi, 7(2), 485-500. https://doi.org/10.31465/eeder.1347487
AMA
1.Tabur Ş. Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space. EEDER. 2023;7(2):485-500. doi:10.31465/eeder.1347487
Chicago
Tabur, Şemsettin. 2023. “Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space”. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi 7 (2): 485-500. https://doi.org/10.31465/eeder.1347487.
EndNote
Tabur Ş (October 1, 2023) Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi 7 2 485–500.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Tabur, “Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space”, EEDER, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 485–500, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.31465/eeder.1347487.
ISNAD
Tabur, Şemsettin. “Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space”. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi 7/2 (October 1, 2023): 485-500. https://doi.org/10.31465/eeder.1347487.
JAMA
1.Tabur Ş. Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space. EEDER. 2023;7:485–500.
MLA
Tabur, Şemsettin. “Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space”. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, Oct. 2023, pp. 485-00, doi:10.31465/eeder.1347487.
Vancouver
1.Şemsettin Tabur. Reading Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist for Risk and Space. EEDER. 2023 Oct. 1;7(2):485-500. doi:10.31465/eeder.1347487

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