Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiment : picturing the enemy
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Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiment : picturing the enemy
Rowman & Littlefield, c2019
2nd ed
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First edition published under title: Islamophobia
Bibliography: p. 259-266
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the minds of many Americans, Islam is synonymous with the Middle East, Muslim men with violence, and Muslim women with oppression. A clash of civilizations appears to be increasingly manifest and the war on terror seems a struggle against Islam. These are all symptoms of Islamophobia. Meanwhile, the current surge in nativist bias reveals the racism of anti-Muslim sentiment. This book explores these anxieties through political cartoons and film--media with immediate and important impact. After providing a background on Islamic traditions and their history with America, it graphically shows how political cartoons and films reveal Americans' casual demeaning and demonizing of Muslims and Islam--a phenomenon common among both liberals and conservatives. Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment offers both fascinating insights into our culture's ways of "picturing the enemy" as Muslim, and ways of moving beyond antagonism.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Terms and Names
Introduction to the Second Edition
Chapter 1: How Cartoons Work and Why Images Matter
Chapter 2: Overview of Western Interactions with Muslims
Chapter 3: Symbols of Islam, Symbols of Difference
Chapter 4: Stereotyping Muslims and Establishing the American Norm
Chapter 5: Extreme Muslims and the American Middle Ground
Chapter 6: Moments: 1956-2006
Chapter 7: Since 2006: The Emotions of Resurgent Nativism and Liberal Empathy
Chapter 8: Moving Pictures: The Trope of "Islamic Terrorism"
Conclusion: common Denominators versus Essential Difference
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
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