Culturalising the abject: Islam, law and moral panic in the west

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-25

  Humphrey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Criminalisation; Islam

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748983531     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00036.x     Document Type: Article

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