Format:
XV, 358 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [s.l.] eblib 2005 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780520932012
Series Statement:
American crossroads 6
Content:
Epic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book--now brought up-to-date to include 9/11 and the Iraq war--Melani McAlister argues that U.S. foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. American understandings of the region are framed by narratives that draw on religious belief, news media accounts, and popular culture. This remarkable and pathbreaking book skillfully weaves lively and accessible readings of film, media, and music with a rigorous analysis of U.S. foreign policy, race politics, and religious history. The new chapter, titled "9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire," considers and brilliantly analyzes five images that have become iconic: (1) New York City firemen raising the American flag out of the rubble of the World Trade Center, (2) the televised image of Osama bin-Laden, (3) Afghani women in burqas, (4) the statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Baghdad, and (5) the hooded and wired prisoner in Abu Ghraib. McAlister's singular achievement is to illuminate the contexts of these five images both at the time they were taken and as they relate to current events, an accomplishment all the more remarkable since--to paraphrase her new preface--we are today struggling to look backward at something that is still rushing ahead.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface to the 2005 Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction: Middle East Interests -- 1. "Benevolent Supremacy": The Biblical Epic at the Dawn of the American Century, 1947-1960 -- 2. The Middle East in African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972 -- 3. King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, and the Politics of Oil, 1973-1979 -- 4. The Good Fight: Israel after Vietnam, 1972-1980 -- 5. Iran, Islam, and the Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 -- 6. Military Multiculturalism in the Gulf War and After, 1990-1999 -- Conclusion: 9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-346) and index
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Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c2001
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520244993
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Epic Encounters : Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since1945, Updated Edition, with a Post-9/11 Chapter
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe McAlister, Melani, 1962 - Epic encounters Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : Univ. of California Press, 2001 ISBN 0520214439
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520228103
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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Political Science
Keywords:
USA
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Kulturkontakt
;
Naher Osten
;
Geschichte 1945-2000
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USA
;
Naher Osten
;
Medien
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Berichterstattung
;
Geschichte 1945-2000
;
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=915102
