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02797aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 824E765A55EF11E58B7A61D1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150908010358 008 150317t20152015enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1780769385 020 $a 9781780769387 035 $a (OCoLC)913850825 040 $a EQO $b eng $e rda $c EQO $d OCLCO $d CDX $d BDX $d YDXCP $d COO $d WVU $d TXI $d GSU $d ZCU $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 $a DS63.2.U5 $b M58 2015 082 04 $a 303.482174927073 $2 23 100 1 $a Mohamed, Eid, $e author. 245 10 $a Arab occidentalism : $b images of America in the Middle East / $c Eid Mohamed. 264 1 $a London : $b I.B. Tauris, $c 2015. 300 $a xiv, 212 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Library of modern Middle East studies ; $v 146 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-203) and index. 520 $a When Barack Obama was elected in 2008, his foreign policy was at first seen to be the antithesis of that of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Eid Mohamed highlights how in the wake of this change of US administration, Arab media, literature and cinema began to assert the value of America as a potential source of 'change' while attempting to renegotiate the Arab world's position in the international system. Arab cultural representation of the United States has variously changed and developed since 9/11, and again in the wake of the protests in 2011 and the ensuing political turmoil in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and of course, Syria. Taking this into account, Mohamed offers an examination of the ways in which stereotypes of America are both presented and challenged through cinema, fiction and the wider media and intellectual production. Rather than seeing this process as one where the Middle East reacts to and attempts to negotiate with western modernity, Mohamed instead highlights the significant interplay of religion, pop culture and politics and the role they play in shaping the complex relation between America and the nations of the Middle East. 505 0 $a 1. The United States in Post-9/11 Arab fiction -- 2. The United States in contemporary Arab media and intellectual life -- 3. The United States in post-9/11 Arab cinema -- 4. Arab-Americans' cultural response to 9/11 and its aftermath. 651 0 $a United States $x In popular culture. 651 0 $a United States $x In mass media. 651 0 $a United States $x Relations $z Arab countries. 651 0 $a Arab countries $x Relations $z United States. 650 0 $a Anti-Americanism $z Arab countries. 830 0 $a Library of modern Middle East studies ; $v 146. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180112051445.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826114301.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=824E765A55EF11E58B7A61D1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search