Covering Islam : how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world / Edward W. Said.
Said, Edward W., author.
1997
BP52 .S24 1997 (Mapit)
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Title
Covering Islam : how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world / Edward W. Said.
Author
Said, Edward W., author.
Edition
Rev. ed., 1st Vintage books ed.
ISBN
0679758909 (Vintage)
9780679758907 (Vintage)
0394509234
0394748085 (pbk.)
9780394509235
0394509234
009959501X
9780099595014
9780394748085
0394748085
Publication Details
New York : Vintage Books, 1997.
Language
English
Description
lxx, 200 pages ; 21 cm
Call Number
BP52 .S24 1997
Alternate Call Number
11.84
BE 8660
EH 5412
MC 9100
MF 1000
MS 9550
Dewey Decimal Classification
909/.097671
Summary
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Chapter one: Islam as news
I Islam and the West
II Communities of interpretation
III The Princess episode in context
Chapter two: The Iran story
I Holy war
II The Loss of Iran
Unexamined and hidden assumptions
IV Another country
Chapter three: Knowledge and power
I The Politics of interpreting Islam: Orthodox and antithetical knowledge
II Knowledge and interpretation.

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