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

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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 enhanci
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 enhanci

Object Details

• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Silke Schmidt

References and Relationships

• Series: Edition Kulturwissenschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Schmidt, Silke
• Published: Bielefeld : transcript , 2014

Further information

• Sponsorship: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• DOI: doi:10.25673/108604
• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:5-93635
• Last update: 04.06.2025, 1:15 PM CEST