05424nam 2201177 a 450 991080763450332120230617031633.01-280-49194-997866135871760-520-93201-310.1525/9780520932012(CKB)2670000000180964(EBL)915102(OCoLC)793511414(SSID)ssj0000634747(PQKBManifestationID)11444469(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000634747(PQKBWorkID)10643298(PQKB)10987908(MiAaPQ)EBC915102(DE-B1597)520208(OCoLC)1110710889(DE-B1597)9780520932012(Au-PeEL)EBL915102(CaPaEBR)ebr10561112(CaONFJC)MIL358717(EXLCZ)99267000000018096420041001d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEpic encounters[electronic resource] culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 /Melani McAlisterUpdated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter.Berkeley University of California Pressc20051 online resource (430 p.)American crossroadsDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-24499-0 Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface To The 2005 Edition -- Preface To The First Edition -- Introduction -- 1. "Benevolent Supremacy" -- 2. The Middle East In African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972 -- 3. King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, And The Politics Of Oil, 1973-1979 -- 4. The Good Fight -- 5. Iran, Islam, And The Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 -- 6. Military Multiculturalism In The Gulf War And After, 1990-1999 -- Conclusion<subtitle 9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- IndexEpic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book-now brought up-to-date to include 9/11 and the Iraq war-Melani McAlister argues that U.S. foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. American understandings of the region are framed by narratives that draw on religious belief, news media accounts, and popular culture. This remarkable and pathbreaking book skillfully weaves lively and accessible readings of film, media, and music with a rigorous analysis of U.S. foreign policy, race politics, and religious history. The new chapter, titled "9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire," considers and brilliantly analyzes five images that have become iconic: (1) New York City firemen raising the American flag out of the rubble of the World Trade Center, (2) the televised image of Osama bin-Laden, (3) Afghani women in burqas, (4) the statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Baghdad, and (5) the hooded and wired prisoner in Abu Ghraib. McAlister's singular achievement is to illuminate the contexts of these five images both at the time they were taken and as they relate to current events, an accomplishment all the more remarkable since-to paraphrase her new preface-we are today struggling to look backward at something that is still rushing ahead.American crossroads.Mass media and public opinionUnited StatesPublic opinionUnited StatesMiddle EastForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsMiddle EastMiddle EastForeign public opinion, AmericanUnited StatesCivilization1945-9/11.abu ghraib.afghani women.afghanistan.al qaeda.counterterrorism.cultural studies.ethnic studies.fireman.first responders.foreign policy.government policy.imperialism.iraq war.isis.islam.media.middle east.military.new york.nonfiction.oil.orientalism.osama bin laden.politics.popular culture.race.religion.religious extremism.religious fundamentalism.saddam hussein.social justice.sociology.terrorism.terrorist.us foreign relations.war on terror.war.world history.world trade center.Mass media and public opinionPublic opinion327.56073/09/045McAlister Melani1962-472262MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807634503321Epic encounters231508UNINA