LEADER 03813nam 22005774a 450 001 9910777800603321 005 20230828232146.0 010 $a0-292-79573-4 024 7 $a10.7560/713413 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467057 035 $a(OCoLC)614535446 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245793 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000151347 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164268 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151347 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10317490 035 $a(PQKB)10153804 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443306 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2257 035 $a(DE-B1597)587240 035 $a(OCoLC)1280943819 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795730 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467057 100 $a20051122d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a"Evil" Arabs in American popular film$b[electronic resource] $eorientalist fear /$fTim Jon Semmerling 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (316 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71341-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-285) and index. 327 $aThe exorcist : assault on American confidence (1973) -- Rollover : assault on the American economy (1981) -- Black Sunday: the loss of frontier heroism (1976) -- Three kings : assault on victory culture (1999) -- Rules of engagement : attack from the multicultural front (2000) -- CNN's America remembers : the "real" attack (2002) -- The South Park lesson and orientalist fear. 330 $aThe "evil" Arab has become a stock character in American popular films, playing the villain opposite American "good guys" who fight for "the American way." It's not surprising that this stereotype has entered American popular culture, given the real-world conflicts between the United States and Middle Eastern countries, particularly since the oil embargo of the 1970s and continuing through the Iranian hostage crisis, the first and second Gulf Wars, and the ongoing struggle against al-Qaeda. But when one compares the "evil" Arab of popular culture to real Arab people, the stereotype falls apart. In this thought-provoking book, Tim Jon Semmerling further dismantles the "evil" Arab stereotype by showing how American cultural fears, which stem from challenges to our national ideologies and myths, have driven us to create the "evil" Arab Other. Semmerling bases his argument on close readings of six films (The Exorcist, Rollover, Black Sunday, Three Kings, Rules of Engagement, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut), as well as CNN's 9/11 documentary America Remembers. Looking at their narrative structures and visual tropes, he analyzes how the films portray Arabs as threatening to subvert American "truths" and mythic tales?and how the insecurity this engenders causes Americans to project evil character and intentions on Arab peoples, landscapes, and cultures. Semmerling also demonstrates how the "evil" Arab narrative has even crept into the documentary coverage of 9/11. Overall, Semmerling's probing analysis of America's Orientalist fears exposes how the "evil" Arab of American popular film is actually an illusion that reveals more about Americans than Arabs. 606 $aArabs in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aArabs in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 676 $a791.43/6529927 700 $aSemmerling$b Tim Jon$f1961-$01518245 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777800603321 996 $a"Evil" Arabs in American popular film$93755684 997 $aUNINA