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Wilkins Karin Gwinn <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Home/land/security [[electronic resource] ] : what we learn about Arab communities from action-adventure films / / Karin Gwinn Wilkins |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49386-8 |
9786612493867 |
0-7391-3214-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (112 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Arabs in motion pictures |
Action and adventure films - United States - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-99) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Home/Land/Security; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01: Introduction; Chapter 02: Fearing the "Other" in the Name of Security; Chapter 03: Mapping Land and Fear in Global Space; Chapter 04: Conquering Evil in Defense of Home; Chapter 05: Re-visioning Arab Communities in U.S. Popular Culture; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Karin Gwinn Wilkins interviews focus groups composed of a diverse cross-section of Americans and analyzes their interpretations of action-adventure film villains of Middle Eastern descent. Wilkins addresses the neglected empirical link between documented media stereotypes of Arab communities and the lived consequences of these portrayals, both in terms of discriminatory practices and generalizations. |
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