Uk: The veil and the politics of racism

Race and Class

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-96

  Williamson, Milly ^a   Khiabany, Gholam ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti Muslim racism; British muslims; Imperialism; Multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957362158     PISSN: 03063968     EISSN: 17413125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306396810377003     Document Type: Article

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