Geopolitics, Culture Clash, and Gender After September 11

Part of a special issue on race, racism, and empire in the Canadian context. In a review essay, the writer considers three books that highlight the confluence taking place between Western feminism and racism. The three books are The Rage and the Pride, by Orianna Fallaci; The New Anti-Semitism, by P...

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Main Author: Razack, Sherene 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Social justice
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 11-31
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Arabs
Muslims
Feminism
Racism
Arab-Israeli conflict, 1993-
Feminists
Counterterrorism
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Geopolitics
Antisemitism
Feminism & politics
Islamophobia
Muslim Women
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Summary:Part of a special issue on race, racism, and empire in the Canadian context. In a review essay, the writer considers three books that highlight the confluence taking place between Western feminism and racism. The three books are The Rage and the Pride, by Orianna Fallaci; The New Anti-Semitism, by Phyllis Chesler; and The Trouble With Islam, by Irshad Manji. These books all advance the idea of a culture clash of epic proportion between the West and Islam. The writer examines the notion of “culture clash” and the role of gender and modern/pre-modern racial logic in its construction; demonstrates how the culture clash argument is integral to characterizing the Muslim man as a threat to all women; and connects culture clash and the idea of Muslim male violence to the representations of the Israel-Palestine conflict in Chesler and Manji's books.