Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-250) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Islamophobia and the 9/11 Generation -- Identity, Citizenship, and Belonging in an Age of Islamophobia -- The 9/11 Generation and the Dynamics of Islamophobia -- Campus Culture in an Age of Islamophobia and Empire: Muslim Youth Counterpublics -- Islamophobia and the Security Industrial Complex -- Being Cast as the Bogeyman: Muslim Youth on "Radicalization" -- Muslim Counterpublics: The Arts and Anti-colonial Public Pedagogy.
Summary:
"The 9/11 attacks in the United States, the subsequent global "war on terror," and the proliferation of domestic security policies in Western nations have had a profound impact on the lives of young Muslims, whose identities and experiences have been shaped within and against these conditions. The millennial generation of Muslim youth have come of age in these turbulent times dealing with the aftermath and backlash associated with these events. Under Siege explores the lives of Canadian Muslim youth belonging to the "9/11 generation" as they navigate these fraught times of global war and terror. While many studies address contemporary manifestations of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism, few have focused on the toll this takes on Muslim communities, especially among younger generations. Based on in-depth interviews with more than 130 young people, youth workers, and community leaders, Jasmin Zine's ethnographic study unpacks the dynamics of Islamophobia as a system of oppression and examines its impact on Canadian Muslim youth. Covering topics such as citizenship, identity and belonging, securitization, radicalization, campus culture in an age of empire, and subaltern Muslim counterpublics and resistance, Under Siege provides a unique and comprehensive examination of the complex realities of Muslim youth in a post-9/11 world. Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, Zine reveals how the global war on terror and heightened anti-Muslim racism have affected a generation of Canadians who were socialized into a world where their faith and identity are under siege."-- Provided by publisher.
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