Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation After 9/11

by Evelyn Alsultany

Book Overview

After 9/11, there was an increase in both the incidence of hate crimes and government policies that targeted Arabs and Muslims and the proliferation of sympathetic portrayals of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media. Arabs and Muslims in the Media examines this paradox and investigates the increase of sympathetic images of "the enemy" during the War on Terror.

Evelyn Alsultany explains that a new standard in racial and cultural representations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814707327
• ISBN13: 9780814707326
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"