Islamophobia in America : the anatomy of intolerance /
Ernst, Carl W.,1950-writer of introduction,editor of compilation.
Islamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the past decade. The contributors document the history of anti-Islamic sentiment in American culture, the scope of organized anti-Muslim propaganda, and the institutionalization of this kind of intolerance.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the problem of Islamophobia / Carl W. Ernst -- Common heritage, uncommon fear : Islamophobia in the United States and British India, 1687-1947 / Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg -- Islamophobia and American history : religious stereotyping and out-grouping of Muslims in the United States / Kambiz GhaneaBassiri -- The Black Muslim scare of the twentieth century : the history of state Islamophobia and its post-9/11 variations / Edward E. Curtis -- Center stage : gendered Islamophobia and Muslim women / Juliane Hammer -- Attack of the Islamophobes : religious war (and peace) in Arab/Muslim Detroit / Andrew J. Shryock.
Islamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the past decade. The contributors document the history of anti-Islamic sentiment in American culture, the scope of organized anti-Muslim propaganda, and the institutionalization of this kind of intolerance.
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