Muslim American Youth
Fine, Michelle / Sirin, Selcuk R
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent "war on terror, ” growing up Muslim in the U.S. has become a far more challenging task for young people. They must contend with popular cultural representations of Muslim-men-as-terrorists and Muslim-women-as-oppressed, the suspicious gaze of peers, teachers, and strangers, and police, and the fierce embodiment of fears in their homes.
With great attention to quantitative an...
