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Author

Title Behind the backlash : Muslim Americans after 9/11 / Lori Peek.

Imprint

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2011.

Copies

Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Central Library Non-Fiction		305.697 PEE	Available

Description	xi, 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Under attack -- Encountering intolerance -- Backlash -- Repercussions -- Adaptations -- Conclusion.
Summary	Peek chronicles the exclusion that Muslim American men and women faced before and especially in the aftermath of 9/11. Personal narratives describe the range of discrimination they experienced, the personal and collective impacts of the backlash, and the ways in which Muslims adapted in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
Subject	Muslims -- United States -- Attitudes.
	Muslims -- United States -- Ethnic identity.
	Muslims -- United States -- Social conditions.
	September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
	Public opinion -- United States.
	Cultural pluralism -- United States.
	United States -- Ethnic relations.
ISBN	1592139841 (e-book)
	9781592139828 (cloth : alk. paper)
	1592139825 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9781592139835 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	1592139833 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9781592139842 (e-book)