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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 55Publisher: Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1. AuflDescription: 1 online resource : numerous illContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783839429150
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity -- 3. The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism -- 4. (Re-)Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York -- 5. (Re-)Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo -- 6. (Re-)Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia -- 7. (Re-)Mediating Orientalism -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography
Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine 2014Title is part of eBook package: transcript eBook Package English Backlist 2000-2015Summary: 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 how life writing (re-)frames Orientalist stereotypes. The innovative analysis of the post-9/11 autobiographies »West of Kabul, East of New York«, »Letters from Cairo«, and »Howling in Mesopotamia« makes a powerful claim to approach literature based on a theory of production and reception, thus enhancing the multi-disciplinary potential of framing theory.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity -- 3. The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism -- 4. (Re-)Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York -- 5. (Re-)Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo -- 6. (Re-)Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia -- 7. (Re-)Mediating Orientalism -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography

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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 how life writing (re-)frames Orientalist stereotypes. The innovative analysis of the post-9/11 autobiographies »West of Kabul, East of New York«, »Letters from Cairo«, and »Howling in Mesopotamia« makes a powerful claim to approach literature based on a theory of production and reception, thus enhancing the multi-disciplinary potential of framing theory.

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