Stolen Honor: Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin

by Katherine Ewing

Book Overview

The covered Muslim woman is a common spectacle in Western media--a victim of male brutality, the oppressed and suffering wife or daughter. And the resulting negative stereotypes of Muslim men, stereotypes reinforced by the post-9/11 climate in which he is seen as a potential terrorist, have become so prominent that they influence and shape public policy, citizenship legislation, and the course of elections across Europe and throughout the Western...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804759006
• ISBN13: 9780804759007
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"