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Framing Muslims : Stereotyping and Representation After 9/11.

Morey, Peter.

Framing Muslims : Stereotyping and Representation After 9/11. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Muslims and the Nation-State: The Politics of Stereotyping -- 2. Muslims, Multiculturalism, and the Media: Normalization and Difference -- 3. Representing the Representatives: The Limits of Cultural Identity -- 4. Muslims in a Media Ghetto: The Anthropological Impulse in Realist Film and Docudrama -- 5. Troubling Strangers: Race, Nation, and the "War on Terror" in Television Th rillers -- 6. Performing beyond the Frame: Gender, Comedy, and Subversion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

In Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation after 9/11, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin dissect how stereotypes that depict Muslims as an inherently problematic presence in the West are constructed, deployed, and circulated in the public imagination, producing an immense gulf between representation and a considerably more complex reality.

9780674061149


Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States.
Muslims in popular culture--United States.


Electronic books.

HM1096 .M67 2011

305.6/97091821

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