South Asian Racialization and Belonging After 9/11 : Masks of Threat.
De, Aparajita.
South Asian Racialization and Belonging After 9/11 : Masks of Threat. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (191 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Remembering Air India Flight 182 in an Age of Terror -- Chapter Two: Sexy Sammy and Red Rosie? -- Chapter Three: Managing Race, Class, and Gender -- Chapter Four: "The City's Changed" -- Chapter Five: Between Performativity and Representation -- Chapter Six: "Sikhs aren't terrorists, those Arabs are" -- Chapter Seven: Terror Narratives -- Epilogue -- Index -- About the Contributors.
How do contemporary cultural and literary texts from the diaspora or from South Asia iterate patterns of racial surveillance and prejudice against South Asians in the United States after 9/11? This collection delves into the underpinnings of American imperialism and identity politics after 9/11.
9781498512534
South Asian Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Social aspects--United States.
South Asians in literature.
Race in literature.
Literature and society--History--21st century.
Racism--United States--History--21st century.
Identity politics--United States--History--21st century.
Imperialism--Social aspects--United States--History--21st century.
United States--Race relations--History--21st century.
Electronic books.
E184.S69S68 2016
305.8914073
South Asian Racialization and Belonging After 9/11 : Masks of Threat. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (191 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Remembering Air India Flight 182 in an Age of Terror -- Chapter Two: Sexy Sammy and Red Rosie? -- Chapter Three: Managing Race, Class, and Gender -- Chapter Four: "The City's Changed" -- Chapter Five: Between Performativity and Representation -- Chapter Six: "Sikhs aren't terrorists, those Arabs are" -- Chapter Seven: Terror Narratives -- Epilogue -- Index -- About the Contributors.
How do contemporary cultural and literary texts from the diaspora or from South Asia iterate patterns of racial surveillance and prejudice against South Asians in the United States after 9/11? This collection delves into the underpinnings of American imperialism and identity politics after 9/11.
9781498512534
South Asian Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Social aspects--United States.
South Asians in literature.
Race in literature.
Literature and society--History--21st century.
Racism--United States--History--21st century.
Identity politics--United States--History--21st century.
Imperialism--Social aspects--United States--History--21st century.
United States--Race relations--History--21st century.
Electronic books.
E184.S69S68 2016
305.8914073