Distinguished Lecture, Centre for Religion and Media, New York University

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Religion and the Politics of Culture 

Thursday, January 31 2008, 6:30–8:00 pm
Distinguished Lecture

Jurrow Hall, Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East
Religious Affiliation, Identity, and Patriotism: Publics and Publicity after September 11, 2001
Purnima Mankekar (UCLA)
How have the semiotics of recognition and misrecognition of minoritized subjects changed since 9/11? This talk draws on interviews with Sikh and Muslim South Asians and media representations of the 9/11 attacks to trace how religious affiliations have mutated into racial identities.