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Casting out : the eviction of Muslims from western law and politics
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Casting out : the eviction of Muslims from western law and politics

Author: Sherene Razack
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2008 [i.e. 2007]
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"Three stereotypical figures have come to represent the 'war on terror' - the 'dangerous' Muslim man, the 'imperilled' Muslim woman, and the 'civilized' European. Casting Out explores the use of these characterizations in the creation of the myth of the family of democratic Western nations obliged to use political, military, and legal force to defend itself against a menacing third world population. It argues that  Read more...
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Razack, Sherene.
Casting out.
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2008 [i.e. 2007]
(DLC) 2008270412
(OCoLC)155849510
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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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  Read more...

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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 Read more...

 
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