Little mosque on the prairie and the paradoxes of cultural translation / Kyle Conway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conway, Kyle, 1977- author.

Series:

Cultural spaces

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Little mosque on the prairie.

Muslims on television.

Islam in mass media.

Cultural pluralism in mass media.

Multiculturalism in mass media.

Minorities on television.

Situation comedies (Television programs)--Canada--History and criticism.

Situation comedies (Television programs).

Canada.

Physical Description:

viii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"In 2007, Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network. It told the story of a mosque community that worshiped in the basement of an Anglican church. It was a bona fide hit, running for six seasons and playing on networks all over the world. Kyle Conway's textual analysis and in-depth research, including interviews from the show's creator, executive producers, writers, and CBC executives, reveals the many ways Muslims have and have not been integrated into North American television. Despite a desire to showcase the diversity of Muslims in Canada, the makers of Little Mosque had to erase visible signs of difference in order to reach a broad audience. This paradox of 'saleable diversity' challenges conventional ideas about the ways in which sitcoms integrate minorities into the mainstream."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Sitcoms, Cultural Translation, and the Paradox of Saleable Diversity 17

2 Representation between the Particular and the Universal 33

3 The Paradoxes of "Humanizing Muslims" 54

4 Saleable Diversity and International Audiences 80

5 Religion as Culture versus Religion as Belief 99.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-168) and index.

ISBN:

1442650036

9781442650039

1487520557

9781487520557

OCLC:

959648686