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Epic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / / Melani McAlister



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Autore: McAlister Melani <1962-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Epic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / / Melani McAlister Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005
Edizione: Updated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (430 p.)
Disciplina: 327.56073/09/045
Soggetto topico: Mass media and public opinion - United States
Public opinion - United States
Soggetto geografico: Middle East Foreign relations United States
United States Foreign relations Middle East
Middle East Foreign public opinion, American
United States Civilization 1945-
Soggetto non controllato: 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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: Epic 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Epic encounters  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-49194-9
9786613587176
0-520-93201-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790117403321
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Serie: American crossroads.