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Homeland insecurity : the Arab American and Muslim American experience after 9/11 /

Cainkar, Louise.

Homeland insecurity : the Arab American and Muslim American experience after 9/11 / Louise A. Cainkar. - 1st papercover ed. - New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2011. - xii, 325 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-310) and index.

Five oral histories -- The social construction of the Arab (and Muslim) American -- Whose homeland security? -- The security spotlight and the conduct of everyday life -- Hate acts, local mobilizations, and the crisis point -- Gendered nativism, boundary setting, and cultural sniping : women as embodiments of the perceived cultural threat of Islam.

9780871540485 (alk. paper) 9780871540539

2009003523


Arab Americans--Social conditions.
Muslims--Social conditions.--United States
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.
Civil defense--Social aspects--United States.
National security--Social aspects--United States.


United States--Race relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.

E184.A65 / C35 2009

305.8927073

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