Evil Arabs in American Popular Film Orientalist Fear

Name: Evil Arabs in American Popular Film Orientalist Fear
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ISBN: 9780292713413

ISBN-10: 029271341X

ISBN-13: 9780292713413

Edition: 2006

Authors: Tim Jon Semmerling

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The author takes a timely look at American popular films made between 1973 and 2001 that use Arabs, their landscapes and their cultures as villains - and what these depictions of 'evil' Arabs reveal about American fears and insecurities.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 316
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface: Ichthyoid Man: Arcimboldo's The Water (1566)


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Orientalist Fear



The Exorcist: Assault on American Confidence (1973)



Rollover: Assault on the American Economy (1981)



Black Sunday: The Loss of Frontier Heroism (1976)



Three Kings: Assault on Victory Culture (1999)



Rules of Engagement: Attack from the Multicultural Front (2000)



CNN's America Remembers: The "Real" Attack (2002)


Conclusion: The South Park Lesson and Orientalist Fear


Notes


Bibliography


Index