03430nam 22006614a 450 991077856170332120230616235807.01-282-40886-097866124088610-313-05775-3(CKB)1000000000807701(EBL)496840(OCoLC)61184968(SSID)ssj0000439700(PQKBManifestationID)11321766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439700(PQKBWorkID)10468901(PQKB)10948991(MiAaPQ)EBC496840(Au-PeEL)EBL496840(CaPaEBR)ebr10349418(CaONFJC)MIL240886(EXLCZ)99100000000080770120040218d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe miseducation of the West[electronic resource] how schools and the media distort our understanding of the Islamic world /edited by Joe L. Kincheloe and Shirley R. SteinbergWestport, Conn. Praeger20041 online resource (216 p.)Reverberations : cultural studies and educationDescription based upon print version of record.0-275-98160-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-198) and index.Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 September 11, Terror War, and Blowback; 3 Loving Muslim Women with a Vengeance: The West, Women, and Fundamentalism; 4 Iran and American Miseducation: Cover-Ups, Distortions, and Omissions; 5 Consequences of Perceived Ethnic Identities; 6 The United States and Israel: Double Standards, Favoritism, and Unconditional Support; 7 The Great European Denial: The Misrepresentation of the Moors in Western Education; 8 Schooled to Order: Education and the Making of Modern Egypt9 The New Bogeyman under the Bed: Image Formation of Islam in the Western School Curriculum and Media10 Desert Minstrels: Hollywood's Curriculum of Arabs and Muslims; Notes; Index; About the Editors and the ContributorsThe Miseducation of the West examines the ways in which educational institutions such as media and schools have shaped Western views of Islam. The nature of these messages tells readers as much, if not more, about Western self-images as they do about Islam and Islamic peoples. Quickly emerging is a Western perspective on the other. Westerners found easy justification for the colonial conquest of many Islamic lands. In the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries England, France, and to a lesser extent Russia colonized much of the Mulsim world with the United States entering the picture after WorldReverberations (Praeger Publishers)International educationUnited StatesMulticultural educationUnited StatesIslamPublic opinionPublic opinionUnited StatesInternational educationMulticultural educationIslamPublic opinion.Public opinion070.4/4990909767Kincheloe Joe L309010Steinberg Shirley R.1952-1485720MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778561703321The miseducation of the West3756437UNINA