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    Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror

    By Robin L. Riley

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZed Books
    Release dateSep 12, 2013
    ISBN9781780325132
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    Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror
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    Robin L. Riley

    Robin Lee Riley is an assistant professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Department, Syracuse University.

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