Depicting the veil : transnational sexism and the war on terror / Robin Lee Riley.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Zed Books, 2013Description: vi, 182 pages : illustration ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781780321295 (hbk.)
- 9781780321288 (pbk.)
- 305.3089927 23
- Also issued online.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Available at Centre for Social Science Research | 305.3089927 R5731d 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 01 | Not For Loan | 022862 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index.
Also issued online.
This text 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 colour as mysterious, sinister, and dangerous to support war. Oscillating between 'Mrs. Anthrax', female suicide bombers and tragic, helpless victims, representations of 'brown women' have spawned both rescue narratives and terrorist alerts.