Depicting the Veil Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror

Name: Depicting the Veil Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror
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ISBN: 9781780321288

ISBN-10: 1780321287

ISBN-13: 9781780321288

Edition: 2013

Authors: Robin L. Riley

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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 bombers and tragic, helpless victims, 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…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 9/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.52" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Rescuing Afghan women



'Real housewives': married to the enemy



'Where are the women?' Muslim women's visibility and invisibility



We are all soldiers now: deploying Western women



This is what liberation looks like


Notes


Bibliography


Index