Representations of Arabs and Muslims in Post-9/11 Television Dramas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23178741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evelyn Alsultany (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 140-166 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Colorblind Screen Television In Postracial America (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | New York University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18574/nyu/9781479809769.003.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W2492765183 |
| ISBN | 9781479809769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This chapter maps out the representational strategies used by television writers and producers after 9/11 to represent Arabs and Muslims as terrorists while avoiding Arab/Muslim terrorist stereotypes. It identifies a list of representational strategies used to illustrate how schematized they have become, and discusses the ideological work performed by them through “simplified complex representations”—the appearance of seemingly complex images and storylines that are in fact quite predictable and formulaic. While some of these strategies are used more frequently and more effectively than others, they all help to shape the many layers of simplified complexity. Simplified complex representations are the representational mode of the so-called post-race era, signifying a new era of racial representation. These representations appear to challenge or complicate former stereotypes and contribute to a multicultural post-race illusion or colorblindness.
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Ethnic group · Ideology · Illusion · Mode (computer interface) · Multiculturalism · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Representation (politics) · Sociology · Terrorism · Anthropology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |