"Evil" Arabs in American Popular Film: Orientalist Fear

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Synopsis
Looking at their narrative structures and visual tropes, he analyzes how the films portray Arabs as threatening to subvert American "truths" and mythic tales—and how the insecurity this engenders causes Americans to project evil character and intentions on Arab peoples, landscapes, and cultures. Semmerling also demonstrates how the "evil" Arab narrative has even crept into the documentary coverage of 9/11. Overall, Semmerling's probing analysis of America's Orientalist fears exposes how the "evil" Arab of American popular film is actually an illusion that reveals more about Americans than Arabs.
Copyright:
2006

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ISBN-13:
9780292774896
Publisher:
University of Texas Press
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University of Texas Press
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Drama, Plays and Theater
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