Islamophobia : making Muslims the enemy / Peter Gottshalk and Gabriel Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gottschalk, Peter, 1963-

Contributor:

Greenberg, Gabriel, 1981-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.

Muslims.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States--Caricatures and cartoons.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Islam.

Public opinion.

Muslims in popular culture.

Ethnic relations.

United States--Ethnic relations--Caricatures and cartoons.

United States.

Muslims in popular culture--United States.

Muslims--United States--Public opinion.

Islam--United States--Public opinion.

Public opinion--United States.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States.

United States--Ethnic relations.

American wit and humor, Pictorial.

Genre:

Caricatures and cartoons.

Cartoons (Humor)

Physical Description:

x, 181 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]

Summary:

In an era when many Americans wonder whether Islam and the West inherently must clash, Islamophobia explores how this view in part derives from centuries-old stereotypes of Muslims as violent, oppressive, and intolerant. Islamophobia considers five decades of political cartoons, revealing Americans' casual demonizing and demeaning of Muslims and Islam. And the villainizing is shown to be as common among liberals as conservatives.

Contents:

Overview of western encounters with Muslims

Symbols of Islam, symbols of difference

Stereotyping Muslims and establishing the American norm

Extreme Muslims and the American middle ground

Moments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index.

ISBN:

9780742552869

0742552861

OCLC:

87130031