Description
Book SynopsisThis book shows how, in the post-9/11 era, Arab Canadians have become “targeted transnationals” through racialized immigration and security policies as well as negative media representations that legitimize their homogenization and racialization.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Arab Canadians as Targeted Transnationals / Jenna Hennebry and Bessma Momani
Part 1: State Practices and Policies
1 “Arab” Migration to Canada: Far from Monolithic / Jenna Hennebry and Zainab Amery
2 The Securitization and Racialization of Arabs in Canada’s Immigration and Citizenship Policies / Zainab Amery
3 Creeping beyond Balance? Reconciling Security and Human Rights in Uncertain Times / Andrew S. Thompson
4 On the Borderlines of Human and Citizen: The Liminal (italics) State of Arab Canadians / Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Part 2: Intersecting Discourses (this should be in italics) and Representations
5 Multiculturalism and Discrimination in Canada and Quebec: The Case of Arabs and Muslims / Rachad Antonius, Micheline Labelle, and François Rocher
6 A Mediated Relationship: Media Representations of Arabs and Muslims as a Political Process / Rachad Antonius
7 “Framing” the Toronto 18: Government Experts (this should be in italics, too), Corporate Media, and the Orientalizing of the Other / Jeremy D. Kowalski
Part 3: Voices and Resistance
8 Contesting Arab and Muslim Representations in Private Television and Radio in Canada: The Role and Decisions of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council / Dina Salha
9 Media and the (De)Construction of Al-Ghorba for Arab Canadians / Aliaa Dakroury
10 “How Do We Speak?” The Casting Out of the Canadian Arab Federation / Wafaa Hasan
Conclusion: From Targeted Transnationals to Transnational Citizens / Jenna Hennebry
Notes
References
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