Homeland insecurity
Subtitle: the Arab American and Muslim American experience after 9/11
By: Louise A. Cainkar.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780871540485
Subjects: Arab Americans -- Social conditions; Muslims -- United States -- Social conditions; 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Five oral histories; title: The social construction of the Arab (and Muslim) American; title: Whose homeland security?; title: The security spotlight and the conduct of everyday life; title: Hate acts, local mobilizations, and the crisis point; title: Gendered nativism, boundary setting, and cultural sniping : women as embodiments of the perceived cultural threat of Islam.