{"product_id":"little-mosque-on-the-prairie-and-the-paradoxes-of-cultural-translation-9781442650039","title":"Little Mosque on the Prairie and the Paradoxes of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, \u003ci\u003eLittle Mosque on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network. It told the story of a mosque community that worshiped in the basement of an Anglican church. It was a bona fide hit, running for six seasons and playing on networks all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e            Kyle Conway’s textual analysis and in-depth research, including interviews from the show’s creator, executive producers, writers,  and CBC executives, reveals the many ways Muslims have and have not been integrated into North American television. Despite a desire to showcase the diversity of Muslims in Canada, the makers of \u003ci\u003eLittle Mosque\u003c\/i\u003e had to erase visible signs of difference in order to reach a broad audience. This paradox of ‘saleable diversity’ challenges conventional ideas about the ways in which sitcoms integrate minorities into the mainstream. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A valuable study of media and multiculturalism. Highly recommended.’ -- C.L. Clements * Choice Magazine vol 55:01:2017 *\u003cbr\u003e‘Conway provides a great deal for the scholar of religion….For those who want to understand the diversity of Muslims in North America; this offers a Canadian perspective that is often left out of the equation. We should certainly add Little Mosque on the Prairie to the list of key works on Muslims in media, television, and cinema.’ -- Kristen Petersen * Reading Religion – December 2017 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments    Introduction. Muslims and Sitcoms in Post-9\/11 North America    1. Sitcoms, Cultural Translation, and the Paradox of Saleable Diversity    2. Representation Between the Particular and the Universal    3. The Paradoxes of \"Humanizing Muslims\"    4. Saleable Diversity and International Audiences    5. Religion as Culture Versus Religion as Belief    Conclusion. Identity and Difference in North American Sitcoms    Notes    References","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040022397271,"sku":"9781442650039","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442650039.jpg?v=1750945540","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/little-mosque-on-the-prairie-and-the-paradoxes-of-cultural-translation-9781442650039","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}