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Veiled Threats Representing the Muslim Woman in Public Policy Discourses / Naaz Rashid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rashid, Naaz, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--Political aspects.
- Terrorism.
- Muslims.
- Muslim women.
- Muslims--Great Britain.
- Muslim women--Great Britain.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK 2008
- Bristol, England ; Chicago, Illinois : Policy Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book looks at how ‘the Muslim woman’ is socially constructed through an analysis of contemporary racialized and gendered policy narratives in the UK. It is focused on Prevent, the UK’s counter-terrorism agenda, established after the London bombings in 2005. It examines specific initiatives to ‘empower Muslim women’ to combat terrorism. It also considers how Muslim women are positioned within broader debates about multiculturalism, integration and Britishness. It argues that together such characterisations represent a form of gendered Orientalism which produces and legitimates anti-Muslim racism and Islamophobia more generally in society. Moreover, there are particular negative effects on Muslim women which can be seen through increasing discrimination in employment and incidents of racial violence.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- 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?
- Some reflections on Prevent
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781447325192
- 1447325192
- 9781447325215
- 1447325214
- 9781447325185
- 1447325184
- OCLC:
- 950518712
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