Whitewashed America's invisible Middle Eastern minority
Middle Easterners: Sometimes White, Sometimes Not - an article by John Tehranian. The Middle Eastern question lies at the heart of the most pressing issues of our time: the war in Iraq and on terrorism, the growing tension between preservation of our national security and protection of our civil rig...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2009.
New York, NY : [2008] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Critical America.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803296306719 |
Table of Contents:
- CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Price of the Ticket; 1 Constructing Caucasians: A Brief History of Whiteness; 2 Performing Whiteness: Law, Dramaturgy, and the Paradox of Middle Eastern Racial Classification; 3 From Friendly Foreigner to Enemy Race: Selective Racialization, Covering, and the Negotiation of Middle Eastern American Identity; 4 The Last Minstrel Show? Middle Easterners in Media; 5 Threat Level Orange: The War on Terrorism and the Assault on Middle Eastern Civil Rights; 6 Lifting the Veil: Thinking about Reform; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author
