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Author Mahdi, Waleed F., author.

Title Arab Americans in film : from Hollywood and Egyptian stereotypes to self-representation / Waleed F. Mahdi.

Publication Info. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2020.
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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : illustrations
Series Critical Arab American studies
Critical Arab American studies.
Note Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2015.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Contents Introduction -- Hollywood's Portrayals of Arab Americans -- Images of Arab Americans in Egyptian Cinema -- Challenging Hollywood's Terrorism Syndrome -- Disrupting Egyptian Depictions of Arab Americans -- Re-Narrating the American Dream in Arab American Films -- Epilogue.
Summary ""Arab Americans in Film" explores the representation of Arab Americans in Hollywood and Egyptian films that results in a unique and striking revelation of identity, belonging, and cultural citizenship"-- Provided by publisher
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Arab Americans in motion pictures.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Motion pictures -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- Egypt -- History -- 21st century.
Electronic books.
e-books.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
Arab Americans in motion pictures
Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures
Motion pictures
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures
Egypt
United States
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Mahdi, Waleed F. Arab Americans in film. First edition. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2020 9780815636717 (DLC) 2020003897
ISBN 9780815654964 (electronic book)
0815654960 (electronic book)
9780815636717 (hardcover)
0815636717 (hardcover)
9780815636816 (paperback)
0815636814 (paperback)

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