Epic Encounters Culture, Media, and U. S. Interests in the Middle East Since1945

Name: Epic Encounters Culture, Media, and U. S. Interests in the Middle East Since1945
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ISBN: 9780520244993

ISBN-10: 0520244990

ISBN-13: 9780520244993

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Melani McAlister

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"Epic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book--now brought up-to-date to include 9/11 and the Iraq war--Melani McAlister argues that U.S. foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. American understandings of the region are framed by narratives that draw on religious belief, news media accounts, and popular culture. This remarkable and pathbreaking book skillfully weaves lively and accessible readings of film, media, and music with a rigorous analysis of U.S. foreign policy, race politics, and religious history. The new chapter,…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 7/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.69" wide x 8.94" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface to the 2005 Edition


Introduction: Middle East Interests



"Benevolent Supremacy": The Biblical Epic at the Dawn of the American Century, 1947-1960



The Middle East in African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972



King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, and the Politics of Oil, 1973-1979



The Good Fight: Israel after Vietnam, 1972-1980



Iran, Islam, and the Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989



Military Multiculturalism in the Gulf War and After, 1990-1999


Conclusion: 9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Filmography


Index