Contesting Islamophobia : anti-Muslim prejudice in media, culture and politics / edited by Peter Morey, Amina Yaqin and Alaya Forte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forte, Alaya, editor.

Morey, Peter, editor.

Yaqin, Amina, 1972- editor.

Series:

Library of modern religion.

Library of modern religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and culture.

Islamophobia--Prevention.

Islamophobia.

Islamophobia--Western countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 267 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Summary:

"Islamophobia is one of the most prevalent forms of prejudice in the world today. This timely book reveals the way in which Islamophobia's pervasive power is being met with responses that challenge it and the worldview on which it rests. The volume breaks new ground by outlining the characteristics of contemporary Islamophobia across a range of political, historic, and cultural public debates in Europe and the United States. Chapters examine issues such as: how anti-Muslim prejudice facilitates questionable foreign and domestic policies of Western governments; the tangible presence of anti-Muslim bias in media and the arts including a critique of the global blockbuster fantasy series Game of Thrones; youth activism in response to securitised Islamophobia in education; and activist forms of Muslim self-fashioning including Islamic feminism, visual art and comic strip superheroes in popular culture and new media. Drawing on contributions from experts in history, sociology, and literature, the book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from culture and the arts as well as political and policy reflections. It argues for an inclusive cultural dialogue through which misrepresentation and institutionalised Islamophobia can be challenged."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword: The Roots of Modern Islamophobia / John L. Esposito

Introduction: Contesting Islamophobia in Theory and Practice / Peter Morey

Section One: Islamophobia, Politics and History

1. American Foreign Policy, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and Muslims as Enemy Others / Nathan Lean

2. Donald Trump at the Intersection of Nativism, Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment: American Roots and Parallels / Peter Gottschalk

3. Islamophobia: The Muslim Problem? A Discussion Between Dibyesh Anand, Myriam Francois and Jim Wolfreys / Chaired by Peter Morey

Section Two: Islamophobia and Representation

4. Islamophobia and the War of Representations: Martin Amis's 'The Last Days of Muhammad Atta' / Geoffrey Nash and Nath Aldalala'a

5. 'A Sly and Stubborn People': Games of Thrones, Orientalism and Islamophobia / Roberta Garrett

6. Islamic Feminism in a Time of Islamophobia: The Muslim Heroines of Leila Aboulela's Minaret and Elif Shafak's Forty Rules of Love / Amina Yaqin

Section Three: Youth Contesting Islamophobia

7. Countering Islamophobia in the Classroom / Sarah Soyei

8. Resisting Islamophobia: Muslim Youth Activism in the UK / Tania Saeed

9. Young Muslims in Germany and Their Use of New Media to Counter Islamophobia / Asmaa Soliman

Section Four: Art Beyond Islamophobia

10. Adjusting the 'Islamic' Focus: Exhibitions of Contemporary Pakistani Art in Britain in the Post-9/11 Decade / Madeline Clements

11. Super Moozlim Battles Islamophobia / Leila Tarakji

12. Homegrown: The Story of a Controversy / Nadia Latif interviewed by Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781788316125

1788316126

9781788316149

1788316142

9781788316132

1788316134

OCLC:

1103320563