Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment: Picturing the Enemy

by Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg

Book Overview

In the minds of many Americans, Islam is synonymous with the Middle East, Muslim men with violence, and Muslim women with oppression. A clash of civilizations appears to be increasingly manifest and the war on terror seems a struggle against Islam. These are all symptoms of Islamophobia. Meanwhile, the current surge in nativist bias reveals the racism of anti-Muslim sentiment. This book explores these anxieties through political cartoons and film--media...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538107376
• ISBN13: 9781538107379
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"