TY - BOOK N2 - "In this landmark work, for which he has written a new Introduction, one of our foremost public thinkers examines to origins and repercussions of the media's monolithic images of Islam. Combining political commentary with literary criticism, Edward Said reveals the hidden assumptions and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world. In so doing, Covering Islam continues Said's lifelong investigation of the ways in which language not only describes but also defines political reality."--Jacket. AB - "In this landmark work, for which he has written a new Introduction, one of our foremost public thinkers examines to origins and repercussions of the media's monolithic images of Islam. Combining political commentary with literary criticism, Edward Said reveals the hidden assumptions and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world. In so doing, Covering Islam continues Said's lifelong investigation of the ways in which language not only describes but also defines political reality."--Jacket. T1 - Covering Islam :how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world / DA - 1997. CY - New York : AU - Said, Edward W., ET - Rev. ed., 1st Vintage books ed. CN - BP52 PB - Vintage Books, PP - New York : PY - 1997. ID - 1409161 KW - Islam KW - Public opinion KW - Public opinion KW - Islam KW - Opinion publique KW - Opinion publique KW - 11.84 Islam: other. KW - Islam KW - Public opinion. KW - Islam KW - Öffentliche Meinung KW - Massamedia. KW - Publieke opinie. KW - Islam. KW - Islam in mass media. KW - Islam KW - Islam KW - Islam KW - Public opinion KW - Public opinion SN - 0679758909 SN - 9780679758907 SN - 9780394509235 SN - 0394509234 SN - 009959501X SN - 9780099595014 SN - 9780394748085 SN - 0394748085 TI - Covering Islam :how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world / ER -