Securitized Citizens: Canadian Muslims' Experiences of Race Relations and Identity Formation Post-9/11 - Couverture souple

Nagra, Baljit

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1442628669 ISBN 13 : 9781442628663

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2017

Synopsis

Uninformed and reactionary responses in the years following the events of 9/11 and the ongoing 'War on Terror' have greatly affected ideas of citizenship and national belonging.

In Securitized Citizens, Baljit Nagra, develops a new critical analysis of the ideas dominant groups and institutions try to impose on young Canadian Muslims and how in turn they contest and reconceptualize these ideas. Nagra conducted fifty in-depth interviews with young Muslim adults in Vancouver and Toronto and her analysis reveals how this group experienced national belonging and exclusion in light of the Muslim 'other', how they reconsidered their cultural and religious identity, and what their experiences tell us about contemporary Canadian citizenship.

The rich and lively interviews in Securitized Citizens successfully capture the experiences and feelings of well-educated, second-generation, and young Canadian Muslims. Nagra acutely explores how racial discourses in a post-9/11 world have affected questions of race relations, religious identity, nationalism, white privilege, and multiculturalism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Baljit Nagra is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442628669
• ISBN 13: 9781442628663
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible