Description
| Product ID: | 9781780321288 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Depicting the Veil |
| Subtitle: | Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror |
| Authors: | Author: Robin L. Riley |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies: women, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Islamic studies, Iraq, Afghanistan |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Examining media and pop culture from Sex and the City 2 to Vanity Fair and Time Magazine, Robin Riley uses transnational feminist analysis to reveal how transnational sexism towards Muslim women in general and Afghan and Iraqi women in particular has led to a new form of gender imperialism. This powerful book exposes how gendered Orientalism is wielded to justify Western imperialism.Over the last ten years, Western governments and mainstream media have utilized concepts of white masculine supremacy and feminine helplessness, juxtaposed with Orientalist images depicting women of color as mysterious, sinister, and dangerous, to support war. Oscillating between Mrs Anthrax, female suicide bomber and tragic, helpless victim, representations of ''brown women'' have spawned both rescue narratives and terrorist alerts.Examining media and pop culture from Sex and the City 2 to Vanity Fair and Time magazine, Robin Riley uses transnational feminist analysis to reveal how this kind of transnational sexism towards Muslim women in general and Afghan and Iraqi women in particular has led to a new form of gender imperialism. |
| Imprint Name: | Zed Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-09-12 |