Narrator, Tania Kamal-Eldin. This disc has been recorded using DVD-R equipment and may not play in all DVD players or drives.
Summary:
This documentary traces the Hollywood portrayal of Eastern women, creating the prevailing Hollywood image of the "exotic" Eastern woman. Juxtaposing film clips from the 20s through the 80s, Tania Kamal-Eldin explores the organization of gender, race, and sexuality in Hollywood's portrayal of the exotic east an indiscriminate fusion of things Arab, Persian, Chinese, and Indian. Kamal-Eldin argues that in abridging cultural plurality and difference, these technicolor fantasies have worked to both shape and reinforce negative assumptions about peoples of the east while at the same time reinscribing the moral, spiritual, and cultural supremacy of the Anglo-European west.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)163584980
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.