Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs After 9/11

by Jack G. Shaheen

"Nothing will be the same again." Americans scarred by the experience of 9/11 often express this sentiment. But what remains the same, argues Jack Shaheen, is Hollywood's stereotyping of Arabs. In his new book about films made after 9/11, Shaheen finds that nearly all of Hollywood's post-9/11 films legitimize a view of Arabs as stereotyped villains and the use of Arabs and Muslims as shorthand for the "Enemy" or "Other." Along with an examination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566566843
• ISBN13: 9781566566841
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Olive Branch Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"