Reel bad Arabs : how Hollywood vilifies a people / Jack G. Shaheen.
In this comprehensive study of nearly one thousand films, Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1-brutal, heartless, uncivilized Others bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners. Shaheen examines how and why such a stereotype has grown and spread in the film industry...
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| Main Authors: | Shaheen, Jack G. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York [u.a.] : Olive Branch Press, 2001. |
| Edition: | 1. publ |
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| Summary: | In this comprehensive study of nearly one thousand films, Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1-brutal, heartless, uncivilized Others bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners. Shaheen examines how and why such a stereotype has grown and spread in the film industry and what may be done to change Hollywood's defamation of Arabs. |
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| Physical Description: | VIII, 574 S. |
| ISBN: | 1566563887 |
