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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Razack, Sherene. Casting out. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2008 [i.e. 2007] (DLC) 2008270412 (OCoLC)155849510 |
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| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sherene Razack |
| ISBN: | 9781442687554 144268755X |
| OCLC Number: | 608074333 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 250 p.) |
| Contents: | 'Your client has a profile' : race in the security hearing -- If it wasn't for the sex and the photos : the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib -- Modern women as imperialists : geopolitics, culture clash, and gender after 9/11 -- Racism in the name of feminism : imperilled Muslim women in Norway -- The Muslims are coming : the 'Sharia debate' in Canada. |
| Responsibility: | Sherene H. Razack. |
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Abstract:
Looks at the legal and social responses to Muslims in the West. This work examines two interlinked ideas within the context of the 'war on terror' - first, the denial of a common bond of humanity between people of European descent and those of different origins; and, secound, the impact that that denial has on the idea of common law.
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"Casting Out is a rigorous and detailed academic work rich in theory as well as empirical detail. It is a good example of how academic work can provide a moral mirror to prevent the kind of slide in public discourse, law and policies that may lead to the wrong kind of policies or even future holocausts." -- Sedef Arat-koc - Journal of Socialist Studies vol 6:01:10 Read more...
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- Muslims -- Western countries.
- Muslim women -- Western countries.
- Race discrimination -- Western countries.
- Islam and world politics.
- Musulmanes -- Occident.
- Discrimination raciale -- Occident.
- Politique mondiale -- Aspect religieux -- Islam.
- Islamieten.
- Rassendiscriminatie.
- Verstotenen.
