(Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing

(Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing

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 h...

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Main Author: Schmidt, Silke (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2014
Subjects:
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism
Anthropology
Orientalism
Framing
Life Writing
Media
9/11
Postcolonialism
Culture
Postcolonial Studies
Cultural Studies
Media Studies
America
Arab Americans
Arabs
Autobiography
Iraq
Memoir
United States
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