Decolonisation in British Muslim Women’s Writing
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- ISBN 9781041226345
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 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 flâneur, postcolonial flâneur, and flâneuse, 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 flâneuse 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 flâneuse as a critical figure for re-reading the city through lived experiences of race, gender, faith, and displacement.
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.
