Little Mosque on the Prairie and the Paradoxes of Cultural Translation / Kyle Conway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conway, Kyle, author.

Series:

Cultural spaces.

Cultural Spaces

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam in mass media.

Muslims on television.

Little mosque on the prairie.

Canada.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Muslims and Sitcoms in Post-9/11 North America; 1 Sitcoms, Cultural Translation, and the Paradox of Saleable Diversity; 2 Representation between the Particular and the Universal; 3 The Paradoxes of "Humanizing Muslims"; 4 Saleable Diversity and International Audiences; 5 Religion as Culture versus Religion as Belief; Conclusion: Identity and Difference in North American Sitcoms; Notes; References; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-2202-4

1-4426-2201-6

OCLC:

1054879577