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Author:

Mahdi, Waleed F. author.

Title:

Arab Americans in film : from Hollywood and Egyptian stereotypes to self-representation / Waleed F. Mahdi.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xvi, 304 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Arab Americans in motion pictures.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.
Motion pictures--Egypt--History--20th century.
Motion pictures--Egypt--History--21st century.
1900-2099

Notes:

Based on the author's disseration (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2015. Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.

Contents:

Introduction -- Hollywood's Portrayals of Arab Americans -- Images of Arab Americans in Egyptian Cinema -- Challenging Hollywood's Terrorism Syndrome -- Disrupting Egyptian Depictions of Arab Americans -- Re-Narrating the American Dream in Arab American Films -- Epilogue.

Summary:

""Arab Americans in Film" explores the representation of Arab Americans in Hollywood and Egyptian films that results in a unique and striking revelation of identity, belonging, and cultural citizenship"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Critical Arab American studies

ISBN:

0815636717
9780815636717
0815636814
9780815636816

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1126545319

LCCN:

2020003897

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)