Ayesha S. Chaudhry

The Colour of God

A Story of Family and Faith

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Produktbeschreibung

A memoir of a fundamentalist Muslim childhood and of redefining faith, belonging and family in adulthood

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 146mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781786079251
• ISBN-10: 1786079259
• Artikelnr.: 59937879

Autorenporträt

Ayesha S. Chaudhry was born in Toronto and earned her PhD from New York University. She is a Professor of Gender and Islamic Studies. She teaches at the University of British Columbia and lives in Vancouver. 

Rezensionen

'The Colour of God is an engrossing read, not because it tells the story of one woman's journey from "subjugation" within a puritanical sect of Islam to finding 'liberation' by taking off her veil, but because it refuses and interrogates these facile labels. Chaudhry is brilliant at dissecting how fundamentalism took root in her family, and she's equally good at holding up a mirror to the culture that tends to dehumanise those who don't conform to its norms.'

Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane

'The Colour of God is an engrossing read, not because it tells the story of one woman's journey from "subjugation" within a puritanical sect of Islam to finding 'liberation' by taking off her veil, but because it refuses and interrogates these facile labels. Chaudhry is brilliant at dissecting how fundamentalism took root in her family, and she's equally good at holding up a mirror to the culture that tends to dehumanise those who don't conform to its norms.'
Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane