The Miseducation of the West: How Schools and the Media Distort Our Understanding of the Islamic World (Reverberations: Cultural Studies and Education)
Contributors: Joe L. Kincheloe (Editor); Shirley R. Steinberg (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780275981600
Subjects: Cultural studies; Islamic studies; Philosophy of education; Education / Teaching; Education; Mass Media - General; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education / General; General; Media Studies; International education; Islam; Multicultural Education; Public opinion; United States
First sentence: In the Western tradition of writing about, researching, and representing Islam, Europeans have consistently positioned Muslims as the irrational, fanatic, sexually enticing, and despotic others.