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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2005
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Social justice
Año: 2005, Volumen: 32, Número: 4, Páginas: 11-31 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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