Gender, orientalism, and the 'War on Terror' : representation, discourse, and intervention in global politics / Maryam Khalid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khalid, Maryam., author.

Series:

Postcolonial politics.

Postcolonial Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orientalism--United States.

Orientalism.

Sexism--United States.

Sexism.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Communication in politics--United States.

Communication in politics.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

This book offers an accessible and timely analysis of the 'War on Terror', based on an innovative approach to a broad range of theoretical and empirical research. It uses 'gendered orientalism' as a lens through which to read the relationship between the George W. Bush administration, gendered and racialized military intervention, and global politics. Khalid argues that legitimacy, power, and authority in global politics, and the 'War on Terror' specifically, are discursively constructed through representations that are gendered and racialized, and often orientalist. Looking at the ways in which 'official' US 'War on Terror' discourse enabled military intervention into Afghanistan and Iraq, the book takes a postcolonial feminist approach to broaden the scope of critical analyses of the 'War on Terror' and reflect on the gendered and racial underpinnings of key relations of power within contemporary global politics. This book is a unique, innovative and significant analysis of the operation of race, orientalism, and gender in global politics, and the 'War on Terror' specifically. It will be of great interest to scholars and graduates interested in gender politics, development, humanitarian intervention, international (global) relations, Middle East politics, security, and US foreign policy.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Gender, orientalism, and global politics

3. Gender, race, 'self', and 'other' in histories of international intervention

4. Constructing the US 'self' in 'War on Terror' discourse

5. Gendered orientalist narratives : Afghanistan

6. Gendered orientalist narratives : Iraq

7. Conclusions.

Notes:

First published 2017 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-51405-2

1-315-51404-4

1-315-51403-6

9781315514055

OCLC:

988284882