Riley Robin L.
Riley Robin L. - Depicting The Veil Transnational Sexism And The War On Terror - Paperback
Riley Robin L. - Depicting The Veil Transnational Sexism And The War On Terror - Paperback
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Description: This powerful book exposes how gendered Orientalism is wielded to justify Western imperialism. Over the last ten years Western governments and mainstream media have utilized concepts of white masculine supremacy and feminine helplessness juxtaposed with Orientalist images depicting women of color as mysterious sinister and dangerous to support war. Oscillating between Mrs Anthrax female suicide bomber and tragic helpless victim representations of 'brown women have spawned both rescue narratives and terrorist alerts. Examining media and pop culture from Sex and the City 2 to Vanity Fair and Time magazine Robin Riley uses transnational feminist analysis to reveal how this kind of transnational sexism towards Muslim women in general and Afghan and Iraqi women in particular has led to a new form of gender imperialism.
Title: Depicting The Veil Transnational Sexism And The War On Terror
Author(s): Riley Robin L.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781780321288
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2013
Category: Islamic Studies
Description: This powerful book exposes how gendered Orientalism is wielded to justify Western imperialism. Over the last ten years Western governments and mainstream media have utilized concepts of white masculine supremacy and feminine helplessness juxtaposed with Orientalist images depicting women of color as mysterious sinister and dangerous to support war. Oscillating between Mrs Anthrax female suicide bomber and tragic helpless victim representations of 'brown women have spawned both rescue narratives and terrorist alerts. Examining media and pop culture from Sex and the City 2 to Vanity Fair and Time magazine Robin Riley uses transnational feminist analysis to reveal how this kind of transnational sexism towards Muslim women in general and Afghan and Iraqi women in particular has led to a new form of gender imperialism.
Title: Depicting The Veil Transnational Sexism And The War On Terror
Author(s): Riley Robin L.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781780321288
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2013
Category: Islamic Studies
