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As America tried to absorb the shock of the 9/11 attacks, Muslim Americans were caught up in an unprecedented wave of backlash violence. Public discussion revealed that widespread misunderstanding and misrepresentation of Islam persisted, despite the striking diversity of the Muslim community. Letting the voices of 140 ordinary Muslim American men and women describe their experiences, Lori Peek's path-breaking book, Behind the Backlash, presents moving accounts of prejudice and exclusion. Muslims speak of being subjected to harassment before the attacks, and recount the discrimination they encountered afterwards. Peek also explains the struggles of young Muslim adults to solidify their community and define their identity during a time of national crisis. Behind the Backlash seeks to explain why blame and scape-goating occur after a catastrophe. Peek sets the twenty-first century experience of Muslim Americans, who were vilified and victimized, in the context of larger sociological and psychological processes. Peek's book will be of interest to those in disaster research studies, sociology of religion, and race and ethnic relations.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Behind the Backlash
• Author: Lori A Peek
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 230
• EAN: 9781592139828
• ISBN: 1592139825
• ID: 04471211
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Weight: 490 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. November 2010

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