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Titolo: | South Asian racialization and belonging after 9/11 : masks of threat / / edited by Aparajita De |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.800973 |
Soggetto topico: | South Asian Americans - Social conditions - 21st century |
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Influence | |
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Social aspects - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Race relations History 21st century |
Persona (resp. second.): | DeAparajita |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Remembering Air India Flight 182 in an Age of Terror; Chapter Two: Sexy Sammy and Red Rosie?; Chapter Three: Managing Race, Class, and Gender; Chapter Four: "The City's Changed"; Chapter Five: Between Performativity and Representation; Chapter Six: "Sikhs aren't terrorists, those Arabs are"; Chapter Seven: Terror Narratives; Epilogue; Index; About the Contributors |
Sommario/riassunto: | How do contemporary cultural and literary texts from the diaspora or from South Asia iterate patterns of racial surveillance and prejudice against South Asians in the United States after 9/11? This collection delves into the underpinnings of American imperialism and identity politics after 9/11. |
Titolo autorizzato: | South Asian racialization and belonging after 9 |
ISBN: | 1-4985-1253-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821480803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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