Erik Love is Associate Professor of Sociology at Dickinson College. He is the author of Islamophobia and Racism in America (NYU Press, 2017).
"Islamophobia and Racism offers a necessarily startling and
chilling view of the pervasiveness ofIslamophobia and the
effectiveness of the state in co-opting and fettering the language
of advocacy in the United States...Love's work is effective,
insightful, and pulsing with urgency and compassion."
*Mashriq Mahjar Journal*
"Poses crucial questions about the future of race and activism in
America . . . Through extensive historical and sociological
research, Love sets out to map the ecosystem of organizations
claiming to speak for Middle Eastern Americans, and interrogates
their use (or lack thereof) of race based language, organizing, and
advocacy strategies."
*Muftah*
"Islamophobia and Racism in America makes contributions to the
sociology of race, immigration, and advocacy movements. It also
provides a valuable perspective to an important and timely topic by
viewing Middle Eastern American rights through the lens of racial
struggles in American history. The in-depth interviews of civil
rights advocates in the six major organizations offer valuable
inside views of the lessons of the advocacy movement. It is an
accessible book for graduate and undergraduate students, as the
text is easy to follow."
*American Journal of Sociology*
"As scholars and students grapple with how to understand the role
of race in the situation of Muslim Americans, the book provides a
dynamic historical account and a forceful argument about race and
advocacy that will nourish productive and thoughtful debate among
scholars and in the classroom."
*Mobilization*
"Love's book successfully highlights the co-constitution of race
and religion in relation to Islamophobia and the radicalization of
Muslims ... both because its specificity to the phenomenon of
Islamophobia and its generalizability to racism in America, Love's
research is both timely and timeless, significant for sociologist
and others alike."
*Sociology of Religion*
"Invaluable for its detailed chronicle of Muslim-American activism
and its careful attention to the fascinating complexities,
dilemmas, and paradoxes of racial identity."
*Pacific Standard*
"An important look at the rise of Islamophobia in the United States
and the activists who work to fight it."
*Mehdi Bozorgmehr,author of Backlash 9/11: Middle Eastern and
Muslim Americans Respond*
"In Islamophobia and Racism in America, Erik Love traces the roots
and practices of discriminatory images and policies against South
Asian, Muslim, Middle Eastern and Sikh communities. Especially in
todays political climate, his book is a necessary reminder that
Americans must understand the context in which Islamophobia
developed and the role it plays today."
*Deepa Iyer,author of We Too Sing America*
"Wedding institutional analysis with rigorous empirical research,
Love shows how Middle Eastern American political identity was born
at the intersection of state policy and societal hostility.
Original, timely, and chillingly lucid, this work falls within the
best traditions of sociology, critical race theory, and
institutional history."
*Hisham Aidi,author of Rebel Music: Race, Empire and the New Muslim
Youth Culture*
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