1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000480960203316

Titolo

La Cappella Sistina : <Michelangelo>

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Rizzoli, c1989-

Descrizione fisica

v. : ill. ; 44 cm

Disciplina

759.5

Soggetti

Buonarroti, Michelangelo -- Cappella Sistina

Collocazione

VII P 143/

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910213855703321

Autore

Schmidt Silke <p>Silke Schmidt, Universität Marburg, Deutschland </p>

Titolo

(Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim : Mediating Orientalism in Contemporary Arab American Life Writing / Silke Schmidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014

ISBN

9783839429150

3839429153

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Collana

Edition Kulturwissenschaft

Disciplina

325.3

Soggetti

Orientalism

Framing

Life Writing

Media

9/11

Postcolonialism

Culture

Postcolonial Studies

Cultural Studies

Media Studies

America



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1 Acknowledgements    5 Contents    7 Preface    11 1. Introduction    13 2. Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity    47 3. The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism    137 4. (Re-)Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York    191 5. (Re-)Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo    259 6. (Re-)Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia    317 7. (Re-)Mediating Orientalism    373 8. Conclusion    401 Bibliography    419

Sommario/riassunto

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.

»Although the book discusses only autobiographies as an effective reframing tool, it stands out as an astounding monograph about Arab/Muslim American scholarship in general, and will be of use to diverse scholars in pursuit of ethnic, transnational, and postcolonial studies.«

»Although the book discusses only autobiographiesas an effective reframing tool, it stands out as an astounding monograph about Arab/Muslim American scholarship in general, and will be of use to diverse scholarsin pursuit of ethnic, transnational, and postcolonial studies.«