Evil Arabs in American Popular Film : : Orientalist Fear / / Tim Jon Semmerling.
The "evil" Arab has become a stock character in American popular films, playing the villain opposite American "good guys" who fight for "the American way." It's not surprising that this stereotype has entered American popular culture, given the real-world conflicts...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface Ichthyoid man: Arcimboldo’s the water (1 566)
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Orientalist fear
- 1 The Exorcist: Assault on american confidence (197 3 )
- 2 Rollover: Assault on the American economy (1981 )
- Black Sunday: The loss of frontier heroism (1976)
- Three Kings: Assault on victory culture (1999)
- Rules of Engagement: attack from the multicultural front (2000)
- CNN’s America Remembers: The ‘‘real’’ attack (2002)
- Conclusion: The south park lesson and orientalist fear
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index