(Re- )Framing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing /
Schmidt, Silke,
(Re- )Framing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing / Reframing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing Silke Schmidt. - 1 online resource (443 pages) : illustrations - Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; v. 55 . - Edition Kulturwissenschaft. .
Numerous illustrations.
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.
Open Access
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.
In English.
9783839429150 3839429153
10.14361/transcript.9783839429150 doi 9783839429150
22573/ctv1wm7bv JSTOR
1079554475 DE-101
Postcolonialism.
Humanities.
History.
History: specific events and topics.
National liberation and independence, post-colonialism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Postcolonialism.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JV51 / .S36 2014eb
325.3
(Re- )Framing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing / Reframing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing Silke Schmidt. - 1 online resource (443 pages) : illustrations - Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; v. 55 . - Edition Kulturwissenschaft. .
Numerous illustrations.
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.
Open Access
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.
In English.
9783839429150 3839429153
10.14361/transcript.9783839429150 doi 9783839429150
22573/ctv1wm7bv JSTOR
1079554475 DE-101
Postcolonialism.
Humanities.
History.
History: specific events and topics.
National liberation and independence, post-colonialism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Emigration & Immigration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Postcolonialism.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JV51 / .S36 2014eb
325.3