Challenging the 'official' story of 9/11: Community narratives and conspiracy theories

Ethnicities

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-261

  Jamil, Uzma ^a   Rousseau, Cecile ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

9 11; Canada; Conspiracy theory; Muslims; Pakistan; South asian immigrants; War on terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864737684     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796811398836     Document Type: Article

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