Surveillance, Islamophobia, and Sikh Bodies in the War on Terror

In the aftermath of 9/11, there has been a wave of intensified surveillance throughout Western democracies in the moral panic surrounding national security. This article will explore the way in which Sikh bodies have become problematized against the backdrop of harsher profiling and policing measure...

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Published in:Islamophobia studies journal 2017-10, Vol.4 (1), p.37-52
Main Author: Sian, Katy P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Airport security
Analysis
Electronic surveillance
Islamophobia
Muslims
Orientalism
Racism
Religious aspects
Sikhism
Sikhs
Social aspects
Surveillance
Terrorism
Turbans
War on Terror
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Summary:In the aftermath of 9/11, there has been a wave of intensified surveillance throughout Western democracies in the moral panic surrounding national security. This article will explore the way in which Sikh bodies have become problematized against the backdrop of harsher profiling and policing measures directed at racialized populations. Based upon empirical data, including a series of semi-structured interviews with Sikh respondents carried out in Canada and the US, the article will examine the experiences of Sikhs post-9/11 through critical race and postcolonial conceptual frameworks, as a way to understand the processes by which they have been governed and regulated in the landscape of an obsessive monitoring of ‘suspicious’ brown bodies.
ISSN:2325-8381
2325-839X
DOI:10.13169/islastudj.4.1.0037