Muslims and Islam: Freeze Framed Discourses in Hollywood during 1978-2013
Autor: | Abida Noureen, Sajjad Ahmad Paracha |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Zdroj: | Global Regional Review. :37-43 |
ISSN: | 2663-7030 2616-955X |
DOI: | 10.31703/grr.2019(iv-iv).05 |
Popis: | Hollywood movies have revealed dramatic and varying status of Islam and Muslims, calling them as magical carpets to mummified leadership and, ultimately global bastion of terrorism. Various researchers consider Hollywood film industry as a reflection to construct public opinion in the cinema industry and, it creates crucial slots that rely on emotive and evocative imagination adjustable to stereotypic approach. Many other researchers believe that such stereotypical conception against Arabs (Muslims) roles in US movies later 11th of September attacks prove damaging depictions, notorious recognition of Arabic ethnicity and Islamic religion like harming ideology contrary to past perceptions. However, majority of these researches stress mostly on the movies narratives and could not get triumph or understanding or evaluating the audiences or their reaction to it. Moreover, majority of researchers stress mere the Arabic identity at suitable time to analyze the representation of Islam in movies, neglecting other nations where, Islam is being followed. |
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