The Muslim World in Post-9/11 American Cinema - Kerem Bayraktaroğlu

The Muslim World in Post-9/11 American Cinema

A Critical Study, 2001-2011
Buch | Softcover
229 Seiten
2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6667-9 (ISBN)
36,15 inkl. MwSt
Focusing on the first 10 years following the events of 9/11, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the various means through which stereotypical characteristics of Muslim identities and their worlds have been realised in US cinema. In the course of the analysis, it emerges that changes to the old-style stereotypical representations have also been influenced by factors other than politics.
Focusing on the decade following 9/11, this critical analysis examines the various portrayals of Muslims in American cinema. Comparison of pre- and post-9/11 films indicates a stereotype shift, influenced by factors other than just politics. The evolving definitions of male, female and child characters and of setting and landscape are described. The rise of the formidable American female character who dominates the weak Muslim male emerges as a common theme.

Kerem Bayraktaroğlu worked as a story editor for New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features, London, and was involved in such projects as The Sleeping Dictionary, Ripley’s Game and Dancer in the Dark. He moved to New York City in 2001 where he became one of the original members of Cinetic Media. He moved back to London in 2004 to join Artists Independent Films.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Building a “Muslim World” for the Large Screen

2. Muslim Space Before and After 9/11

3. The Muslim Male Character Typology

4. White Female and Muslim Male Characters

5. From Stereotype to “New” Muslim Woman

6. Muslim Children

7. The Normalization of the Muslim World

8. “Be sincere, be brief, be seated”

Filmography

Chapter Notes

Works Cited

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 8 photos, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 290 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Islam
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
ISBN-10 1-4766-6667-9 / 1476666679
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-6667-9 / 9781476666679
Zustand Neuware
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