The British Media, the Veil and the Limits of Freedom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Milly Williamson (0000-0003-3687-5725, Brunel University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-81 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1873-9857 • E-ISSN: 1873-9865 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18739865-00701005 |
| OpenAlex | W2122674118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 17 |
The media in Britain have presented ‘immigration’ as the most significant crisis facing the country; they consistently present migrants, asylum seekers, etc. as a burden on national resources, and increasingly, as a security threat. Muslims in particular have been targeted, and have been presented as an alien ‘other’ who refuse to ‘integrate’ into the British ‘way of life’, and indeed who threaten it. This paper argues that, in this framework, the veil has become an iconic symbol of cultural difference, a sign of the perceived failures of multiculturalism and the ‘problem’ of tolerance. The context that shapes the ‘debate’ on the veil is the neoliberal restructuring of the British economy and welfare state; the consequences of this restructuring and its impact on the quality of public services are explained in cultural terms by reference to the intrusion of an alien culture (Islam). In order to ‘protect’ British ‘culture’, the state relies on the anti-Muslim sentiments whipped up in the media to push through a rash of anti-terror legislation that not only discriminates against the Muslim population of Britain, but curtails the very freedoms that it purports to protect
Context (archaeology · Immigration · Legislation · Multiculturalism · Political economy · Political science · Population · Refugee · Restructuring · Sociology · State (computer science · Symbol (formal · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Turkey's Politics and Society
Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015
Hijab Micropractices
The national media just sees Muslims as if they are not people like us
Motives behind the veil
Perception of Western governments’ hostility to Islam among European Muslims before and after Isis
Media Representations of Gendered Minority Practices
Covering Islam
Islam in Europe
The Logic of Masculinist Protection
Islamic Cosmopolitanism
Veils and Sales
Re‐imagining the Muslim community
You are now entering Eurabia
Unveiling imperialism
Muslim Diaspora in Western Europe
White wars
Behind the burka
At the Borders of Citizenship
Veiled bodies - naked racism
The forced marriage debate and the British state
Enlightened fundamentalism? Immigration, feminism and the Right
The Death of Multiculturalism
Veiled Interventions in Pure Space
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |