Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 by Evelyn Als

Description: Arabs and Muslims in the Media by Evelyn Alsultany After 9/11, there was an increase in both the incidence of hate crimes and government policies that targeted Arabs and Muslims and the proliferation of sympathetic portrayals of Arabs and Muslims in the US media. This book examines this paradox and investigates the increase of sympathetic images of the enemy during the War on Terror. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description After 9/11, there was an increase in both the incidence of hate crimes and government policies that targeted Arabs and Muslims and the proliferation of sympathetic portrayals of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media. Arabs and Muslims in the Media examines this paradox and investigates the increase of sympathetic images of "the enemy" during the War on Terror.Evelyn Alsultany explains that a new standard in racial and cultural representations emerged out of the multicultural movement of the 1990s that involves balancing a negative representation with a positive one, what she refers to as "simplified complex representations." This has meant that if the storyline of a TV drama or film represents an Arab or Muslim as a terrorist, then the storyline also includes a "positive" representation of an Arab, Muslim, Arab American, or Muslim American to offset the potential stereotype. Analyzing how TV dramas such as The Practice, 24, Law and Order, NYPD Blue, and Sleeper Cell, news-reporting, and non-profit advertising have represented Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans, and Muslim Americans during the War on Terror, this book demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping and how even seemingly positive images can produce meanings that can justify exclusion and inequality. Notes Demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping Author Biography Evelyn Alsultany is Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern Californias Dornsife College and author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11. She is the co-editor of Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging and Between the Middle East and the Americas: The Cultural Politics of Diaspora. As a leading expert on the history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the US media, she co-authored the Obeidi-Alsultany Test to help Hollywood improve representations of Muslims and serves as a consultant for Hollywood studios. Table of Contents 1 Challenging the Terrorist Stereotype 2 Mourning the Suspension of Arab American Civil Rights 3 Evoking Sympathy for the Muslim Woman 4 Regulating Sympathy for the Muslim Man 5 Selling Muslim American Identity Review "A major, skillfully constructed, must-read book. It should be required reading for all Americans who care about and seek to eradicate injurious stereotypes of the evil Cultural Other." Jack G. Shaheen, author of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People "This important book makes a significant contribution to the burgeoning scholarship on the post-9/11 cultural and political history of the United States. Drawing on a rich understanding of the representations of Arabs and Muslims in the last century, Alsultany helps us to understand what has changed, and what has not, in the last ten years." Melani McAlister, George Washington University Promotional Demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping Long Description After 9/11, there was an increase in both the incidence of hate crimes and government policies that targeted Arabs and Muslims and the proliferation of sympathetic portrayals of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media. Arabs and Muslims in the Media examines this paradox and investigates the increase of sympathetic images of "the enemy" during the War on Terror. Evelyn Alsultany explains that a new standard in racial and cultural representations emerged out of the multicultural movement of the 1990s that involves balancing a negative representation with a positive one, what she refers to as "simplified complex representations." This has meant that if the storyline of a TV drama or film represents an Arab or Muslim as a terrorist, then the storyline also includes a "positive" representation of an Arab, Muslim, Arab American, or Muslim American to offset the potential stereotype. Analyzing how TV dramas such as The Practice, 24, Law and Order, NYPD Blue, and Sleeper Cell, news-reporting, and non-profit advertising have represented Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans, and Muslim Americans during the War on Terror, this book demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping and how even seemingly positive images can produce meanings that can justify exclusion and inequality. Review Quote "While Asultany states that the issues of human rights in the post 9/11 period are of greater concern than the medias representations of them, she seems hopeful that an increase in diverse representations of Arabs and Muslims as human beings rather than simply as terrorists or not terrorists may help to usher in a positive cultural environment in which the human rights of American Muslims and Arabs will be given greater consideration." Details ISBN0814707327 Author Evelyn Alsultany Short Title ARABS & MUSLIMS IN THE MEDIA Publisher New York University Press Language English ISBN-10 0814707327 ISBN-13 9780814707326 Media Book Format Paperback Series Critical Cultural Communication Year 2012 Imprint New York University Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Publication Date 2012-08-20 Pages 239 Subtitle Race and Representation after 9/11 Series Number 34 UK Release Date 2012-08-20 NZ Release Date 2012-08-20 US Release Date 2012-08-20 Alternative 9780814707319 DEWEY 305.89270973 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2012-08-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161720285;

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