Reel bad Arabs
how Hollywood vilifies a people
by Jack G. Shaheen
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In this comprehensive study of nearly one thousand films, Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1-brutal, heartless, uncivilized Others bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners. Shaheen examines how and why such a stereotype has grown and spread in the film industry and what may be done to change Hollywood's defamation of Arabs.
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Arabs in motion pictures, Xenophobia in motion pictures, Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures, Hollywood Productions (Firm), Motion pictures, Araberbild, Stereotyp <Motiv>, Film, History, Stereotypes (social psychology), Motion pictures, history, Cinéma, Histoire, Arabes au cinéma, PERFORMING ARTS, Reference| Edition | Availability |
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Reel bad Arabs: how Hollywood vilifies a people
2009, Olive Branch Press
in English
- Rev. and updated ed.
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Reel bad Arabs: how Hollywood vilifies a people
2001, Olive Branch Press
in English
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Reel bad Arabs: how Hollywood vilifies a people
2001, Olive Branch Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-545) and index.
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"In this comprehensive study of over one thousand films, award-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1 - brutal, heartless, uncivilized "Others" bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners. He examines how and why such a stereotype has grown and spread in the film Industry and what should be done to change Hollywood's defamation of Arabs."--Page 4 of cover.
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