In this rich and methodical deconstruction of the thick frame that surrounds nearly all discussions about Muslim minorities in British and American culture today, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin have exposed the dark power of stereotyping Muslims to the light by scrutinizing everything from "terror" television shows to Muslim leaders' own stereotypes. As an example of cultural studies, the book is exemplary. As an intervention into some of the most urgent political debates of our day, it is both compelling and necessary. -- Moustafa Bayoumi, author of How Does It Feel To Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America Absorbing, disquieting, and compelling, Framing Muslims alerts us to the new and alarming ways that, in the aftermath of 9/11, 'Muslims' have come to represent a political problem waiting to be solved. With clarity, urgency and forensic skill, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin explore and celebrate ways out of 'the frame' while unravelling the regulatory agendas of fanatics and liberal reformers alike that are currently breathing new life into discredited stereotypes. Essential wisdom for all who care and are daring to write about Islam, racism, and the politics of commodified multiculturalism today. -- Gerald MacLean, co-author of Britain and the Islamic World
Peter Morey is Reader in English Literature, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London. Amina Yaqin is Lecturer in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
In this rich and methodical deconstruction of the thick frame that
surrounds nearly all discussions about Muslim minorities in British
and American culture today, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin have
exposed the dark power of stereotyping Muslims to the light by
scrutinizing everything from "terror" television shows to Muslim
leaders' own stereotypes. As an example of cultural studies, the
book is exemplary. As an intervention into some of the most urgent
political debates of our day, it is both compelling and
necessary.
*Moustafa Bayoumi, author of How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?
Being Young and Arab in America*
Absorbing, disquieting, and compelling, Framing Muslims alerts us
to the new and alarming ways that, in the aftermath of 9/11,
'Muslims' have come to represent a political problem waiting to be
solved. With clarity, urgency and forensic skill, Peter Morey and
Amina Yaqin explore and celebrate ways out of 'the frame' while
unravelling the regulatory agendas of fanatics and liberal
reformers alike that are currently breathing new life into
discredited stereotypes. Essential wisdom for all who care and are
daring to write about Islam, racism, and the politics of
commodified multiculturalism today.
*Gerald MacLean, co-author of Britain and the Islamic
World*
Framing Muslims is an enlightening book. It is sure to make us more
critical of the power and influence of media in shaping our views
on Muslims and Islam. Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin deserve applause
for their worthy effort.
*Saudi Gazette*
Groundbreaking...Drawing on their diverse backgrounds in English
and Urdu literary and cultural studies, Morey and Yaqin
examine...[how] veils, beards, men at prayer, and minarets stand in
for Muslims in all their heterogeneity and complexity...[An]
illuminating work.
*Times Higher Education*
The book makes a notable contribution by going beyond events in the
U.S. to examine reactions in Great Britain to the 2005 bombings of
the London public transportation system. The authors take a
psychoanalytic approach to their examination of the sources of
stereotype and negative depiction, thus offering an interesting
perspective that had not previously been fully explored.
Furthermore, they consider the impact of positive stereotyping.
They conclude that both positive and negative depictions of Muslims
have revolved around religion, tradition, modernity, and 'clash of
civilizations.'
*Choice*
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