Peter Gottschalk, Gabriel Greenberg

Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment (eBook, PDF)

Picturing the Enemy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the minds of many Americans, Islam is synonymous with the Middle East, Muslim men with violence, and Muslim women with oppression. A clash of civilizations appears to be increasingly manifest and the war on terror seems a struggle against Islam. These are all symptoms of Islamophobia. Meanwhile, the current surge in nativist bias reveals the racism of anti-Muslim sentiment. This book explores these anxieties through political cartoons and film--media with immediate and important impact. After providing a background on Islamic traditions and their history with America, it graphically shows how political cartoons and films reveal Americans' casual demeaning and demonizing of Muslims and Islam--a phenomenon common among both liberals and conservatives. Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Sentiment offers both fascinating insights into our culture's ways of "picturing the enemy" as Muslim, and ways of moving beyond antagonism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216240716
• Artikelnr.: 75139225

Autorenporträt

Peter Gottschalk is professor of religion at Wesleyan University. His books--which include American Heretics and Religion, Science, and Empire--draw on his research and experience in India, Pakistan, and the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Note on Terms and Names
Introduction to the Second Edition
Chapter 1: How Cartoons Work and Why Images Matter
Chapter 2: Overview of Western Interactions with Muslims
Chapter 3: Symbols of Islam, Symbols of Difference
Chapter 4: Stereotyping Muslims and Establishing the American Norm
Chapter 5: Extreme Muslims and the American Middle Ground
Chapter 6: Moments: 1956-2006
Chapter 7: Since 2006: The Emotions of Resurgent Nativism and Liberal
Empathy
Chapter 8: Moving Pictures: The Trope of "Islamic Terrorism"
Conclusion: common Denominators versus Essential Difference
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors