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Contesting the Politics of Culture, Rewriting the Boundaries of Inclusion: Working for Social Justice with Muslim and Arab Communities
Author(s) -
ElHaj Thea R. Abu
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.2002.33.3.308
Subject(s) - sociology , multiculturalism , politics , gender studies , islam , ideology , islamophobia , power (physics) , islamic culture , inclusion (mineral) , economic justice , identity (music) , social science , media studies , political science , law , pedagogy , philosophy , physics , acoustics , theology , quantum mechanics
This article calls on anthropologists of education to assert a more public voice attacking the ideological purposes to which the concept of “culture” has been deployed following the September 11 attacks. We must support schools, communities, and the media to address the power and politics of race and religion in contemporary social and political contexts, rather than focus primarily on multicultural education about Islamic and Arab “culture.” Finally, this article urges us to expand our knowledge of the processes of social incorporation for Muslim and Arab immigrant youth to include a deeper understanding of how global politics contribute to young people's sense of emerging identities.