Actions for Homeland insecurity : the Arab American and Muslim American experience after 9

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

Homeland insecurity : the Arab American and Muslim American experience after 9/11 / Louise A. Cainkar

Author
Cainkar, Louise
Published
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 325 pages :) : illustrations, maps
Access Online

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Series
Language Note
English.
Contents
Five oral histories -- The social construction of the Arab (and Muslim) American -- Whose homeland security? -- The security spotlight and the conduct of everyday life -- Hate acts, local mobilizations, and the crisis point -- Gendered nativism, boundary setting, and cultural sniping : women as embodiments of the perceived cultural threat of Islam.
Subject(s)
Other Subject(s)
ISBN
9781610447683 (electronic bk.)
1610447689 (electronic bk.)
9780871540485 (alk. paper)
0871540487 (alk. paper)
9780875140539
9780871540539 (pb)
0871540533 (pb)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.
Awards
Arab American Book Awards, 2010 Non-fiction
View MARC record | catkey: 43612994