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(Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim: Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing
[phd thesis]
Abstract 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 ho... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
mass media; Arab; stereotype; framing approach; discourse; immigration; post-colonialism; ethnocentrism
Classification
Impact Research, Recipient Research
Science of Literature, Linguistics
Free Keywords
Orientalism; Life Writing; Media; 9/11; Culture; Postcolonial Studies; Cultural Studies; Media Studies; America
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
443 p.
Series
Culture & Theory
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839429150
ISBN
978-3-8394-2915-0
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0