The Long Arc of Islamophobia: African Slavery, Islam, and the Caribbean World
This article positions "Islamophobia" in the context of transatlantic slavery, arguing that in order to understand the long history of anti-Muslim bias in the Americas, one must understand anti-Black and anti-African sentiments in Europe. The proposed reorientation illustrates the coimbric...
Subtitles: | Roundtable Africana Perspectives on Islamophobia |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2019]
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In: |
Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 179-186 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Spain
/ Atlantic Ocean
/ Slave trade
/ Islamophobia
/ Racism
/ History 1500-2019
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBH Iberian Peninsula KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KBP America NBE Anthropology TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
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Summary: | This article positions "Islamophobia" in the context of transatlantic slavery, arguing that in order to understand the long history of anti-Muslim bias in the Americas, one must understand anti-Black and anti-African sentiments in Europe. The proposed reorientation illustrates the coimbrication of anti-African and anti-Black biases implicitly present in "Islamophobia." |
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ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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