Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A Climate of Muslim American Hostility
- 2 Theoretical Framework: The Sociopolitical Positioning of Muslim Americans
- 3 Introducing the “Muslim American Resentment” Scale
- 4 Muslim American Prospects for Political Incorporation
- 5 The News Media’s Portrayals of Muslim Americans
- 6 Improving Mass Attitudes: The Media’s Role in Shaping Group Attitudes and Policy Preferences
- 7 Muslim American Representation: Outsiders in Their Own Country?
- 8 The Flipside: Muslim American Experiences of Discrimination
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Theoretical Framework: The Sociopolitical Positioning of Muslim Americans
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 May 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A Climate of Muslim American Hostility
- 2 Theoretical Framework: The Sociopolitical Positioning of Muslim Americans
- 3 Introducing the “Muslim American Resentment” Scale
- 4 Muslim American Prospects for Political Incorporation
- 5 The News Media’s Portrayals of Muslim Americans
- 6 Improving Mass Attitudes: The Media’s Role in Shaping Group Attitudes and Policy Preferences
- 7 Muslim American Representation: Outsiders in Their Own Country?
- 8 The Flipside: Muslim American Experiences of Discrimination
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 sets forth the book’s theoretical framework. It also provides background on the history of membership rights to subgroups within the Muslim American population. It focuses especially on cases deciding the granting and revocation of whiteness from non-Western groups.
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- Outsiders at HomeThe Politics of American Islamophobia, pp. 17 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020