Overview
Fully revised and updated, here is an intelligent ground-breaking volume that examines Hollywood's negative portrayal of Muslim Arabs. First published in 2001, this landmark volume lays out and dissects a defamatory history dating from cinema's pioneering days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters perpetuating the vision of Kalashnikov-wielding, bomb-making, malevolent Arabs. Fully revised and updated, ""Reel Bad Arabs"" is a comprehensive study of more than 1,000 films - including over 100 released since 2001 - that documents the tendency of Hollywood to portray Muslim Arabs as brutal, heartless, uncivilized infidels bent on terrorizing civilized Westerners. It goes on to examine how and why such a stereotype has managed to grow and spread in the film industry, and what can be done to change Hollywood's continuing slur on the Arab nation.
Full Product Details
Author: Jack G. Shaheen
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Imprint: Interlink Books
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 1.021kg
ISBN: 9781566567527
ISBN 10: 1566567521
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 01 June 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Jack Shaheen continues to be a piercing laser of fairness and sanity in pointing out Hollywood's ongoing egregious smearing of Arabs. Rippling with smart insights, his book should be read by everyone who agrees that knowledge is society's greatest tool in battling all kinds of stereotypes.--Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times TV Critic Shaheen has written a meticulous, passionate, and very articulate description of the persistent and prolonged vilification of Arab peoples in mainstream Western movies Although the work is aimed at a college-level audience, the clear writing and lack of jargon make it accessible to a much wider readership. Highly recommended...-- Library Journal
Jack Shaheen continues to be a piercing laser of fairness and sanity in pointing out Hollywood's ongoing egregious smearing of Arabs. Rippling with smart insights, his book should be read by everyone who agrees that knowledge is society's greatest tool in battling all kinds of stereotypes. --Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times TV Critic Shaheen has written a meticulous, passionate, and very articulate description of the persistent and prolonged vilification of Arab peoples in mainstream Western movies Although the work is aimed at a college-level audience, the clear writing and lack of jargon make it accessible to a much wider readership. Highly recommended...
Author Information
Jack Shaheen is Professor Emeritus, Mass Communications at Southern Illinois University, a former CBS News consultant on the Middle East, and bestselling author.
