Representations of Islam in United States Comics, 1880-1922
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781350073241
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc., history and criticism; Islam in literature; Comic books, strips, etc., religious aspects
Description: "Through cartoons, comics, editorial cartoons, serialized advertisements and other materials the book unfolds a narrative about how the Islamic world and its people were understood by the American government and its people. This "knowledge," garnered from popular culture of the day, produced a lens through which domestic and international relationships were created and maintained. Representing a wide swath of U.S. popular culture and discourse, the reflections these artifacts offer are united in their depiction of the "Oriental" in an era that is largely assumed to have been marked by American un-interest in the region, peoples and religion."