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Islamophobia and Everyday Multiculturalism in Australia book cover

1st Edition

Islamophobia and Everyday Multiculturalism in Australia

By Randa Abdel-Fattah Copyright 2018
206 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

206 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

206 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores Islamophobia in Australia, shifting attention from its victims to its perpetrators by examining the visceral, atavistic nature of people’s feelings and responses to the Muslim ‘other’ in everyday life. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, Islamophobia and Everyday Multiculturalism sheds light on the problematisations of Muslims amongst Anglo and non-Anglo Australians,... Read more

Introduction: Crudely Islamifed Mannequin Man

Acknowledgments

1. Islamophobia and Racial Australianisation

2. Muslim Religiosity, Symbols and Spaces

3. Multiculturalism and Indigestible Muslims

4. ‘Lebanese Muslim’: a Bourdieuian ‘Capital’ Offence in Bayside

5. Affective Registers and Emotional Practices of Islamophobia

6. When the Other Otherizes

Conclusions: Attention to Inattention

Appendix

Index

Biography

Randa Abdel-Fattah is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. Her PhD was on Islamophobia, racism and everyday multiculturalism. She is an award-winning novelist and spends her time promoting human rights in relation to migration and multiculturalism through various media outlets, and is a regular speaker throughout Australia.

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