The Gendered Suspect
Women at the Canada-U.S. Border after September 11
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12469470 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lalaie Ameeriar (0000-0003-2704-2713, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-195 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Asian American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1096-8598 • E-ISSN: 1097-2129 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jaas.2012.0014 |
| OpenAlex | W1978207923 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Crossing the border is a gendered and racialized act. Considering the experiences of South Asian women at the border deemed "Suspect," this article examines the ways that discourses of "saving Muslim women" get mobilized at the border. While much has been written on the racial profiling that happens to South Asian men, for South Asian women there is a corresponding phenomenon that draws on popular images of "Other" women. At the border, categories of "victim" and "terrorist" become mutually constitutive and importantly gendered. This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Toronto, Canada and Lahore and Karachi Pakistan between 2002 and 2010
Criminology · Ethnography · Ethnology · Phenomenon · Political science · Profiling (computer programming · Sociology · South asia · Suspect · Terrorism · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |