In this chapter, we examine the ways two exhibitions brought to the fore a series of anxieties about Muslim presence in European cities. We look specifically at one object - the 'oriental carpet' - querying how it was transformed from an object of desire and beauty to one of fear.

Textures of urban fears: The affective geopolitics of the 'oriental rug'

Bialasiewicz L.
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2019-01-01

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In this chapter, we examine the ways two exhibitions brought to the fore a series of anxieties about Muslim presence in European cities. We look specifically at one object - the 'oriental carpet' - querying how it was transformed from an object of desire and beauty to one of fear.
2019
European Memory in Populism: Representations of Self and Other
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