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(Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim: Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing

Object category:
Hochschulschriften
Person/Institution:
Schmidt, Silke (1983)
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Publisher:
transcript
Place of publication:
Bielefeld
Date:
2014
Extent, illustration, format:
1 Online-Ressource (445 pages)
Language:
Englisch
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 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.
Object text:
Silke Schmidt
Zugl.: Marburg, Univ., Diss., 2012
Contents:
Cover (Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity; 2.1 Reconstructing the Construction of Self: Autobiographical Theory Today; 2.2 Media Framing Theory; 2.3 Framing Lives: A Mediated Theory of Life Writing; 3. The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism; 3.1 The Ideological Frame: Orientalism; 3.2 The Political Frame: Everlasting War on Terror; 3.3 The Issue Frames: Race, Religion, and Gender; 4. (Re-)Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York; 4.1 Journalistic Agency between East and West (V1)4.2 Reframing the Muslim Fundamentalist (V2 and V3); 4.3 Reception: The (Re-)Framed Muslim Fundamentalist and His Audience (V4); 5. (Re-)Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo; 5.1 Scholarly Agency (V1); 5.2 Reframing the Egyptian Belly Dancer (V2 and V3); 5.3 Reception: The (Re-)Framed Egyptian Belly Dancer and Her Audience (V4); 6. (Re-)Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia; 6.1 Legal Agency (V1); 6.2 Reframing the Iraqi Terrorist (V2 and V3); 6.3 Reception: The (Re-)Framed Iraqi Terrorist and His Audience (V4)7. (Re-)Mediating Orientalism; 7.1 The (Re-)Framed Arab/Muslim; 7.2 Mediated Orientalism; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography

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