(Re- )framing the Arab/Muslim : mediating orientalism in contemporary Arab American life writing / Silke Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Silke, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Culture & theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Americans--Biography.

Arab Americans.

Orientalism--United States.

Orientalism.

Arab Americans--Ethnic identity.

Arabs--Public opinion.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Biography.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

443 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : Transcript, [2014]

Summary:

Media depictions of Arabs and Muslims continue to be framed by images of camels, belly dancers, and dagger-wearing terrorists. But do only Hollywood movies and TV news have the power to frame public discourse? This interdisciplinary study transfers media framing theory to literary studies to show how life writing (re-)frames Orientalist stereotypes. The innovative analysis of the post-9/11 autobiographies West of Kabul, East of New York, Letters from Cairo, and Howling in Mesopotamia makes a powerful claim to approach literature based on a theory of production and reception, thus enhancing the multi-disciplinary potential of framing theory. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 13

2 Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity 47

2.1 Reconstructing the Construction of Self: Autobiographical Theory Today 48

2.2 Media Framing Theory 96

2.3 Framing Lives; A Mediated Theory of Life Writing 120

3 The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism 137

3.1 The Ideological Frame: Orientalism 137

3.2 The Political Frame; Everlasting War on Terror 152

3.3 The Issue Frames: Race, Religion, and Gender 170

4 (Re-)Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York 191

4.1 Journalistic Agency between East and West (V₁) 192

4.2 Refraining the Muslim Fundamentalist (V₂ and V₃) 204

4.3 Reception: The (Re-)Framed Muslim Fundamentalist and His Audience (V₄) 240

5 (Re-)Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo 259

5.1 Scholarly Agency (V₁) 259

5.2 Reframing the Egyptian Belly Dancer (V₂ and V₃) 271

5.3 Reception: The (Re-)Framed Egyptian Belly Dancer and Her Audience (V₄) 305

6 (Re-)Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia 317

6.1 Legal Agency (V₁) 318

6.2 Refraining the Iraqi Terrorist (V₂ and V₃) 325

6.3 Reception: The (Re-)Framed Iraqi Terrorist and His Audience (V₄) 357

7 (Re-)Mediating Orientalism 373

7.1 The (Re-)Framed Arab/Muslim 374

7.2 Mediated Orientalism 380

8 Conclusion 401.

Notes:

doctoral Universität, Marburg 2012

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

3837629155

9783837629156

OCLC:

898459889

Publisher Number:

99963951365