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Title South Asian racialization and belonging after 9/11 : masks of threat / edited by Aparajita De.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 161 pages)
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Summary "How do contemporary cultural and literary texts from the diaspora or from South Asia iterate patterns of racial surveillance and prejudice against South Asians in the United States after 9/11? This collection delves into the underpinnings of American imperialism and identity politics after 9/11"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: South Asian Racialization and Belonging after 9/11 : Masks of Threat / Aparajita De -- Remembering the Air India Tragedy in an Age of Terror / Chandrima Chakraborty -- Sexy Sammy and Red Rosie? : From Burning Books to the War on Terror / John Hutnyk -- Managing Race, Class, and Gender : Atlanta's South Asian American Muslims and the Localized Management of the "Global War on Terror" / Stanley Thangaraj -- "The city's changed" : Home Boy, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and the Post 9/11 Urban Experience / Hasan al Zayed -- Between Performativity and Representation : Post 9/11 Muslim Masculinity in Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced / Lopamudra Basu -- "Sikhs aren't Terrorists, those Arabs are" : Examining Solidarity along Racial and Generational Lines in Sharat Raju's American Made / Sarah Wahab -- Terror Narratives : Art, Music and the post 9/11 Surveillance Culture / Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt -- Epilogue: Racialization and Resistance : The Double Bind of Post-9/11 Brown / Nitasha Sharma.
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Subject South Asian Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
South Asian Americans -- Social conditions.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject South Asian Americans.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Social aspects -- United States.
South Asians in literature.
South Asians in literature.
Race in literature.
Race in literature.
Literature and society -- History -- 21st century.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Literature and society.
United States.
Identity politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
History.
Imperialism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Racism.
Identity politics.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century.
Race relations.
Imperialism -- Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
Imperialism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Social aspects.
War on Terrorism (2001-2009)
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Racism.
Added Author De, Aparajita, editor.
Other Form: Print version: South Asian racialization and belonging after 911. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498512527 (DLC) 2016010023
ISBN 9781498512534 (electronic book)
1498512534 (electronic book)
9781498512527 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1498512526 (hardcover alkaline paper)