Orientalism and 'saving' US state identity after 9/11

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-61

  Nayak, Meghana ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Hypermasculinity; Ideology; Orientalism; Religion; Salvation; State identity; The Other

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248034342     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616740500415458     Document Type: Review

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