Home/land/security [ what we learn about Arab communities from action-adventure films
"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 a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books ,
c2009
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Fearing the "other" in the name of security
- 3. Mapping land and fear in global space
- 4. Conquering evil in defense of home
- 5. Re-visioning Arab communities in U.S. popular culture