The 9/11 Generation: Youth, Rights, and Solidarity in the War on Terror

by Sunaina Marr Maira

Book Overview

Explores how young people from communities targeted in the War on Terror engage with the "political," even while they are under constant scrutiny and surveillance

Since the attacks of 9/11, the banner of national security has led to intense monitoring of the politics of Muslim and Arab Americans. Young people from these communities have come of age in a time when the question of political engagement is both urgent and fraught.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479880515
• ISBN13: 9781479880515
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"