Guilty
Subtitle: Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs After 9/11
Publisher: Olive Branch Press
Published: January 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781566566841
Subjects: Special Subjects In Motion Pictures; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Ethnic Studies - General; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Arabs in motion pictures; Motion pictures; United States
Description: "In Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs after 9/11, Jack G. Shaheen asks: Has 9/11 changed how Arabs are portrayed by Hollywood? In an examination of more than a hundred movies made since then, Shaheen finds many of the same stereotypes - shady sheikhs, evil terrorists, silent veiled women - he documented so powerfully in his definitive Reel Bad Arabs. But he also finds unexpected hope in a growing number of films that feature more complicated, fully human portrayals of Arabs." "Guilty is an essential volume for anyone concerned with the power of Hollywood to shape public opinion and with the US's role in the Arab world."--Jacket.