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(Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim: Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing
[Dissertation]
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... mehr
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.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Massenmedien; Araber; Stereotyp; Framing-Ansatz; Diskurs; Einwanderung; Postkolonialismus; Ethnozentrismus
Klassifikation
Wirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschung
Literaturwissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik
Freie Schlagwörter
Orientalism; Life Writing; Media; 9/11; Culture; Postcolonial Studies; Cultural Studies; Media Studies; America
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2014
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
443 S.
Schriftenreihe
Culture & Theory
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839429150
ISBN
978-3-8394-2915-0
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 3.0