‘Mamie Djihad’ and ‘the white widow’: constructing French and British national identities in terrorist times of crisis
‘Mamie Djihad’ and ‘the white widow’: constructing French and British national identities in terrorist times of crisis
Ariane BogainLeonie B. JacksonDepartment of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKAriane Bogain is a Senior lecturer in French and International Relations at Northumbria University. Her research critically investigates the terrorism discourse in France, focusing on legitimisation of counter-terrorism measures by state authorities, the construction of national identity as a reaction to terrorist attacks, and everyday terrorism. She is a regular contributor to French politics analysis on France 24 and has also appeared on many other media.Leonie B. Jackson is a senior lecturer in International Relations at Northumbria University, UK. She is the author of The Monstrous and the Vulnerable: Framing British Jihadi Brides (Hurst & Co. 2021) and Islamophobia in Britain: The Making of a Muslim Enemy (Palgrave, 2018)