[PDF] The Muslim World In Post 9 11 American Cinema eBook

Author : Kerem Bayraktaroğlu
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476633630

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Focusing on the decade following 9/11, this critical analysis examines the various portrayals of Muslims in American cinema. Comparison of pre- and post-9/11 films indicates a stereotype shift, influenced by factors other than just politics. The evolving definitions of male, female and child characters and of setting and landscape are described. The rise of the formidable American female character who dominates the weak Muslim male emerges as a common theme.

Author : Terence McSweeney
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 31,11 MB
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1474413838

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American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11 is a ground-breaking collection of essays by some of the foremost scholars writing in the field of contemporary American film. Through a dynamic critical analysis of the defining films of the turbulent post-9/11 decade, the volume explores and interrogates the impact of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror' on American cinema and culture. In a vibrant discussion of films like American Sniper (2014), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Spectre (2015), The Hateful Eight (2015), Lincoln (2012), The Mist (2007), Children of Men (2006), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), noted authors Geoff King, Guy Westwell, John Shelton Lawrence, Ian Scott, Andrew Schopp, James Kendrick, Sean Redmond, Steffen Hantke and many others consider the power of popular film to function as a potent cultural artefact, able to both reflect the defining fears and anxieties of the tumultuous era, but also shape them in compelling and resonant ways.

Author : Angel Rabasa
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833037121

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Examines the dynamics that drive changes in the religio-political landscape of the Muslim world, the effects of 9/11, the global war on terrorism, and the war in Iraq. The authors present a typology of ideological tendencies; identify the factors that produce religious extremism religious violence; assess key cleavages along sectarian, ethnic, regional, and national lines; and identify possible strategies and military options for the United States to pursue in this critical and volatile part of the world.

Author : Jack G. Shaheen
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,10 MB
Release : 2012-12-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1623710200

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“Nothing will be the same again.” Americans scarred by the experience of 9/11 often express this sentiment. But what remains the same, argues Jack Shaheen, is Hollywood’s stereotyping of Arabs. In his new book about films made after 9/11, Shaheen finds that nearly all of Hollywood’s post-9/11 films legitimize a view of Arabs as stereotyped villains and the use of Arabs and Muslims as shorthand for the “Enemy” or “Other.” Along with an examination of a hundred recent movies, Shaheen addresses the cultural issues at play since 9/11: the government’s public relations campaigns to win “hearts and minds” and the impact of 9/11 on citizens and on the imagination. He suggests that winning the “war on terror” would take shattering the centuries-old stereotypes of Arabs, and frames the solutions needed to begin to tackle the problem and to change the industry and culture at large.

Author : Chintamani Mahapatra
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 21,20 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9788171886593

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This book examines the United States' foreign policies toward the Muslim world?including actions taken against Islamic countries who attempted to challenge the United States' regional dominance; and alliances with Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. It focuses on how the U.S/ has reconfigured its policy towards the radical and the conservative group of Muslim countries and how its new mission against terrorism has affected international relations, particularly U.S.-Indian relations. Islamic revivalism, the emergence of a highly political Islamic population, the rise of terrorism, and other recent socio-political changes are also discussed.

Author : Terence McSweeney
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 147441382X

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American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11 is a ground-breaking collection of essays by some of the foremost scholars writing in the field of contemporary American film. Through a dynamic critical analysis of the defining films of the turbulent post-9/11 decade, the volume explores and interrogates the impact of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror' on American cinema and culture. In a vibrant discussion of films like American Sniper (2014), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Spectre (2015), The Hateful Eight (2015), Lincoln (2012), The Mist (2007), Children of Men (2006), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), noted authors Geoff King, Guy Westwell, John Shelton Lawrence, Ian Scott, Andrew Schopp, James Kendrick, Sean Redmond, Steffen Hantke and many others consider the power of popular film to function as a potent cultural artefact, able to both reflect the defining fears and anxieties of the tumultuous era, but also shape them in compelling and resonant ways.

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Publisher :
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Arabs in motion pictures
ISBN :

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the depictions of those perceived to be Muslim or Arab in post-9/11 American film. The research is conducted through a content analysis of twenty-four films spanning the time frame from 2001 to 2012. The content analysis of these films is based on grounded theory, an approach to analyzing data which first examines and codes the data before conceptualizing or hypothesizing about it. Research found that there is a prevalence of negative stereotypes within the US film industry post-9/11. The two most common of these negative stereotypes are portraying Muslims as terrorists and portraying them as powerful sheikhs who inspire fear from Americans. These two stereotypes are analyzed through the lens of Zimbardo's hostile imagination: the psychological developing of the other as the enemy. This theory claims that stereotypes are the first step towards the hostile imagination, a process which closely follows with moral disengagement and dehumanization. Both of these processes are analyzed in relation to the film data. Positive depictions found within these films include portrayals which humanize Muslims; these include Muslims as family-oriented, as peacefully devout, and as allies of the United States. In regards to these positive depictions the theory of Nussbaum is discussed in how films can transition from cultivating a politics of disgust to cultivating a politics of humanity. Based upon the findings of this research, a high correlation between genre and whether the film stereotyped or positively depicted Muslims and Arabs is concluded. Furthermore, the cultivation of the hostile imagination is found to overpower the cultivation of politics of humanity.

Author : M. Saleem Kidwai
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 2010-05-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761851585

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The volume, comprised of fourteen contributions from specialists in the field, is a serious attempt to address and analyze key factors affecting US interests. It suggests measures for the US policy makers and provides a policy framework for enabling the US to face challenges and opportunities in the Muslim world.

Author : Kerem Bayraktaroğlu
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476666679

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Focusing on the decade following 9/11, this critical analysis examines the various portrayals of Muslims in American cinema. Comparison of pre- and post-9/11 films indicates a stereotype shift, influenced by factors other than just politics. The evolving definitions of male, female and child characters and of setting and landscape are described. The rise of the formidable American female character who dominates the weak Muslim male emerges as a common theme.