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Subtitle: what we learn about Arab communities from action-adventure films
By: Karin Gwinn Wilkins.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham [Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780739127858; 9780739132142
Subjects: Arabs in motion pictures; Action and adventure films -- United States -- History and criticism
Description: "Karin Gwinn Wilkins interviews focus groups composed of a diverse cross-section of Americans and analyzes their interpretations of action-adventure film villains of Middle Eastern descent. Wilkins addresses the neglected empirical link between documented media stereotypes of Arab communities and the lived consequences of these portrayals, both in terms of discriminatory practices and generalizations."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.