Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial: Muslims, the Swedish Judiciary and the Possibility of Justice

ISBN-13: 9780367670788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 172 str.

Marta Kolankiewicz

Opis

This book engages with debates on the possibilities and limits of fighting racism with the help of criminal law. With analyses of cases of anti-Muslim violence in Sweden, it illustrates the different forms that Islamophobia can take and explores issues central for understanding the ways in which racism is approached in court.

Spis treści

1. Introduction;  2. Anti-Muslim Racism: Scales and Contexts;  3. Meeting with the Court Documents: Methodological Reflections;  4. Making Racism a Crime  5. On the Politics and Poetics of Hate-Crime Statistics;  6. In Search of a Racist Subject;  7. Hate Speech, Linguistic Injury and Language in Court;  8. On Judging and Responsibility;  9. Conclusions

O autorze

Marta Kolankiewicz is an Associate Senior Lecturer in the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University, Sweden.