Veiled Threats: Representing the Muslim Woman in Public Policy Discourses

ISBN-13: 9781447325178 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 224 str.

Naaz Rashid

Opis

The war on terror and the Islamophobia it has unleashed have affected the lives of Muslims throughout the United Kingdom but that affect is felt differently by men and women. This book looks specifically at the role of gender in the debate over terrorism and security, showing how the concept of the Muslim woman has been deployed as part of government and media discussions of terrorism and revealing how such stereotyping and mischaracterization affects the varied, distinct lives of countless Muslim women."

Spis treści

Prologue: Veiled threats?; “Muslim women: your country needs you!” Gendering the UK’s ‘War on Terror’; Gendered nationalisms: the ‘True’ Clash of Civilisations?; Tales of the city: diversity in diversity, working between and within local differences; Giving the silent majority a stronger voice?; “As a mother and a Muslim”: maternalism and neoliberal empowerment; A community of communities: privileging religion; The Muslim Woman: victims of oppression or agents of change?; Epilogue: some reflections on Prevent