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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797696503321

Titolo

Instances of Islamophobia : demonizing the Muslim "other" / / edited by Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini and Hossein Rouzbeh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-1759-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Disciplina

305.6/97

Soggetti

Islamophobia

Islam - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Islamophobia as a global concern beyond Muslim communities / Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini, Hossein Rouzbeh -- Fear under construction: Islamophobia within American Christian Zionism / Steven Fink -- Three implicit Islamophobia? Behind the "muscular liberalism" of the British Prime Minister / Brian Klug -- Islamophobic populism in Austria: discourse strategies of a far right politician / Farid Hafez -- From suspect to suspecting: Muslim communities in Ireland and the Irish gaze / James Carr -- Islamophobia and Australia's asylum seeker debate / Halim Rane, Nora Amath -- Intersection of sexism and Islamophobia: media constructions of "muslim woman" / Laura Navarro -- Whose Jihad? Re-conceptualizing Islam and citizenship to face Islamophobia / Stéphane Lathion -- Understanding Islam and Islamophobia today / Nazeem Goolam.

Sommario/riassunto

Chapters of this volume, written by authorities from around the world, explore various instances of Islamophobia and examine discursive contexts such as media coverage and manipulation, political discourse, and general attitudes in the public sphere. The book extends existing discussions and highlights some hitherto less--debated concerns.