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.