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oapen-20.500.12657-455482023-06-05T13:08:25Z (Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim Schmidt, Silke Anthropology Orientalism Framing Life Writing Media 9/11 Postcolonialism Culture Postcolonial Studies Cultural Studies Media Studies America Arab Americans Arabs Autobiography Iraq Memoir United States bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTR National liberation & independence, post-colonialism 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. 2017-03-01 23:55:55 2020-03-17 03:00:31 2020-04-01T13:36:02Z 2020-04-01T13:36:02Z 2014 book 627787 OCN: 900344276 9783839429150 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45548 eng Edition Kulturwissenschaft application/pdf n/a 627787.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag 10.14361/transcript.9783839429150 100561 10.14361/transcript.9783839429150 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783839429150 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) transcript Verlag Bielefeld, Germany 100561 KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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.
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