(Re-)Framing the Arab-Muslim : : mediating orientalism in contemporary Arab American life writing / / Silke Schmidt.

Media depictions of Arabs and Muslims continue to be framed by images of camels, belly dancers, and dagger-wearing terrorists. But do only Hollywood movies and TV news have the power to frame public discourse? This interdisciplinary study transfers media framing theory to literary studies to show ho...

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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Edition Kulturwissenschaft
Physical Description:1 online resource (445 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Acknowledgements 5 Contents 7 Preface 11 1. Introduction 13 2. Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity 47 3. The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism 137 4. (Re-)Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York 191 5. (Re-)Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo 259 6. (Re-)Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia 317 7. (Re-)Mediating Orientalism 373 8. Conclusion 401 Bibliography 419