02536nam 2200601 a 450 991081657760332120200520144314.01-282-49386-897866124938670-7391-3214-8(CKB)1000000000706233(EBL)467533(OCoLC)301351898(SSID)ssj0000172787(PQKBManifestationID)12039365(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172787(PQKBWorkID)10162358(PQKB)10033737(MiAaPQ)EBC467533(Au-PeEL)EBL467533(CaPaEBR)ebr10353599(CaONFJC)MIL249386(EXLCZ)99100000000070623320080829d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHome/land/security what we learn about Arab communities from action-adventure films /Karin Gwinn Wilkins1st ed.Lanham, MD Lexington Booksc20091 online resource (112 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-2785-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-99) and index.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; IndexKarin 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.Homeland securityHome, land, securityArabs in motion picturesAction and adventure filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismArabs in motion pictures.Action and adventure filmsHistory and criticism.791.43/652927Wilkins Karin Gwinn1962-1598530MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816577603321Home3920818UNINA