Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 (Critical Cultural Communication)
"A major, skillfully constructed, must-read book …. It should be required reading for all Americans who care about and seek to eradicate injurious stereotypes of the evil Cultural Other."-Jack G. Shaheen,author ofReel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People"This important book makes a significant contribution to the burgeoning scholarship on the post-9/11 cultural and political history of the United States. Drawing on a rich understanding of the representations of Arabs and Muslims in the last century, Alsultany helps us to understand what has changed, and what has not, in the last ten years." -Melani McAlister,George Washington University"While Asultany states that the issues of human rights in the post 9/11 period are of greater concern than the media's representations of them, she seems hopeful that an increase in diverse representations of Arabs and Muslims as human beings rather than simply as 'terrorists' or 'not terrorists' may help to usher in a positive cultural environment in which the human rights of American Muslims and Arabs will be given greater consideration." -Jason Archbold,Media International Australia"A lucid and persuasive work, Asultany's book shatters the illusion of a post-race, postfeminist United States, forcing the reader to confront the role popular representations play in troubling American policies."-Gretchen Head,Women's Studies Quarterly"Alsultany'sArabs and Muslims in the Mediais a welcome intervention in the discourse on media representations of Arab and Muslims in the United States."-Umayyah Cable,New Wave Arab American Studies