Reel bad Arabs
how Hollywood vilifies a people
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Publication
2001 - Olive Branch Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
143,500 words, Guess
Page Count
574 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivereelbadarabshowh00shah
- Internet Archivereelbadarabshowh00shah_663
- ISBN-101566563887
- ISBN-139781566563888
- LibraryThing298377
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2001003040
- OCLC Control Number47002136
- Better World Books9781566563888
- Open LibraryOL3938246M
Classifications
- DDC791.43/65203927
- LCCPN1995.9.A68 S54 2001
- LCCPN1995.9.A68S54 2001
Description
"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.
First Sentence
By repetition even the donkey learns.
Description
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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