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Political Science Cultural Policy

Targeted Transnationals

The State, the Media, and Arab Canadians

edited by Jenna Hennebry & Bessma Momani

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2013
Category
Cultural Policy, General, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774824408
    Publish Date
    Apr 2013
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774824415
    Publish Date
    Jan 2014
    List Price
    $32.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774824422
    Publish Date
    Apr 2013
    List Price
    $32.95

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Following 9/11, the securitization of state practices and policies has chipped away at the citizenship and personal rights of all Canadians, particularly those of Arab descent. This book argues that in a securitized global context and through racialized immigration and security policies, Arab Canadians have become “targeted transnationals.” Media representations have further legitimized their homogenization and racialization. The contributors to this book examine state practices towards, and media representations of, Arab Canadians. They also present voices that counter the dominant discourse and trace forms of community resistance to the racialization of Arab Canadians.

About the authors

Jenna Hennebry's profile page

Bessma Momani is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo and Senior Fellow at CIGI, specializing on the Middle East and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the author of Twentieth-Century World History (2007), IMF–Egyptian Negotiations (2005), the CIGI–CIC Special Report: The Future of International Monetary Fund: A Canadian Perspective (2009), and is the co-editor of Canada and the Middle East (WLUP, 2007). Dr. Momani has also published a dozen scholarly articles in numerous political and economic academic journals.

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From Desolation to Reconstruction

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