LEADER 03311nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910454304003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-86372-530-9 010 $a1-281-98852-9 010 $a9786611988524 010 $a1-4416-0025-6 010 $a0-86372-360-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721406 035 $a(EBL)1764250 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000184087 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178846 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184087 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196777 035 $a(PQKB)10409857 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1764250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5121634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1764250 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10302835 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL642553 035 $a(OCoLC)887507501 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5121634 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL198852 035 $a(OCoLC)1027168597 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721406 100 $a20080213d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIslam in the British broadsheets$b[electronic resource] $ethe impact of orientalism on representations of Islam in the British press /$fElzain Elgamri 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aReading, UK $cIthaca Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-11302-5 311 $a0-86372-332-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Introduction; Background; Part One; 1 Islam and the Christian West: historical background; 2 Islam and Islamic fundamentalism in Western discourses; Part Two; 3 Analysing discourse: theoretical and methodological issues; 4 The Rushdie affair; 5 The rise of the Taliban movement to power; 6 The Luxor massacre of foreign tourists; 7 The September 11th attacks; Part Three; 8 Findings and conclusion; Bibliography; Index 330 $aFrom the late Ayatollah Khomeini''s fatwa against Salman Rushdie, to the extremism of the Taliban and the mass murder of the September 11th attacks, the image of Islam as a violent and anti-Western faith has featured dominantly in the global mass media. In this book, Elzain Elgamri sets out to refute such generalisations. Taking into account the historically conditioned Orientalist discourses, in light of the polarized relationship between Islam and the West, and deconstructing what has actually been reported in the British quality press, he argues that what has actually been journalistically 606 $aBritish newspapers$xReligious aspects 606 $aIslam in mass media 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xMass media and the war 606 $aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in mass media 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBritish newspapers$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aIslam in mass media. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xMass media and the war. 615 0$aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in mass media. 676 $a070.449297 700 $aElgamri$b Elzain$01034499 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454304003321 996 $aIslam in the British broadsheets$92453671 997 $aUNINA