Miseducation of the West How Schools and the Media Distort Our Understanding of the Islamic World

Name: Miseducation of the West How Schools and the Media Distort Our Understanding of the Islamic World
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ISBN: 9780275981600

ISBN-10: 0275981606

ISBN-13: 9780275981600

Edition: 2004

Authors: Joe Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg

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The Miseducation of the West examines the ways in which educational institutions such as media and schools have shaped Western views of Islam. The nature of these messages tells readers as much, if not more, about Western self-images as they do about Islam and Islamic peoples. Quickly emerging is a Western perspective on the "other." Westerners found easy justification for the colonial conquest of many Islamic lands. In the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries England, France, and to a lesser extent Russia colonized much of the Mulsim world with the United States entering the picture after World War II. Economic colonialization, the oil business, interference with various governments, and…

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List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 6/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English




Introduction




September 11, Terror War, and Blowback




Loving Muslim Women with a Vengeance: The West, Women, and Fundamentalism




Iran and American Miseducation: Cover-Ups, Distortions, and Omissions




Consequences of Perceived Ethnic Identities




The United States and Israel: Double Standards, Favoritism, and Unconditional Support




The Great European Denial: The Misrepresentation of the Moors in Western Education




Schooled to Order: Education and the Making of Modern Egypt




The New Bogeyman under the Bed: Image Formation of Islam in the Western School Curriculum and Media




Desert Minstrels: Hollywood's Curriculum of Arabs and Muslims



Notes


Index


About the Editors and the Contributors