"Evil" Arabs in American popular film : orientalist fear

"Evil" Arabs in American popular film : orientalist fear / Tim Jon Semmerling.

The "evil" Arab has become a stock character in American popular films, playing the villain opposite American "good guys" who fight for "the American way." It's not surprising that this stereotype has entered American popular culture, given the real-world conflicts...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Semmerling, Tim Jon, 1961- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Arabs in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States > History.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Arabs in motion pictures
Motion pictures
Araberbild
Film
United States
USA
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The exorcist : assault on American confidence (1973)
  • Rollover : assault on the American economy (1981)
  • Black Sunday: the loss of frontier heroism (1976)
  • Three kings : assault on victory culture (1999)
  • Rules of engagement : attack from the multicultural front (2000)
  • CNN's America remembers : the "real" attack (2002)
  • The South Park lesson and orientalist fear.

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