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A timely look at American popular films made between 1973 and 2001 that use Arabs, their landscapes, and their cultures as villains—and what these depictions of “evil” Arabs reveal about American fears and insecurities.

Table of Contents
  • Preface: Ichthyoid Man: Arcimboldo's The Water (1566)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Orientalist Fear
  • Chapter One. The Exorcist: Assault on American Confidence (1973)
  • Chapter Two. Rollover: Assault on the American Economy (1981)
  • Chapter Three. Black Sunday: The Loss of Frontier Heroism (1976)
  • Chapter Four. Three Kings: Assault on Victory Culture (1999)
  • Chapter Five. Rules of Engagement: Attack from the Multicultural Front (2000)
  • Chapter Six. CNN's America Remembers: The "Real" Attack (2002)
  • Conclusion. The South Park Lesson and Orientalist Fear
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Evil Arabs in American Popular Film Orientalist

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/09/2006
      ISBN13: 9780292713420, 978-0292713420
      ISBN10: 0292713428
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      Ethnic groups and multicultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A timely look at American popular films made between 1973 and 2001 that use Arabs, their landscapes, and their cultures as villains—and what these depictions of “evil” Arabs reveal about American fears and insecurities.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface: Ichthyoid Man: Arcimboldo's The Water (1566)
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction: Orientalist Fear
      • Chapter One. The Exorcist: Assault on American Confidence (1973)
      • Chapter Two. Rollover: Assault on the American Economy (1981)
      • Chapter Three. Black Sunday: The Loss of Frontier Heroism (1976)
      • Chapter Four. Three Kings: Assault on Victory Culture (1999)
      • Chapter Five. Rules of Engagement: Attack from the Multicultural Front (2000)
      • Chapter Six. CNN's America Remembers: The "Real" Attack (2002)
      • Conclusion. The South Park Lesson and Orientalist Fear
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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