{"product_id":"muslims-in-the-western-imagination-9780199324927","title":"Muslims in the Western Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Choice 2015 Outstanding Academic Title  Throughout history  Muslim men have been depicted as monsters. The portrayal of humans as monsters helps a society delineate who belongs and who  or what  is excluded. Even when symbolic  as in post-9\/11 zombie films  Muslim monsters still function to define Muslims as non-human entities. These are not depictions of Muslim men as malevolent human characters  but rather as creatures that occupy the imagination -- non-humans that exhibit their wickedness outwardly on the skin. They populate medieval tales  Renaissance paintings  Shakespearean dramas  Gothic horror novels  and Hollywood films. Through an exhaustive survey of medieval  early modern  and contemporary literature  art  and cinema  Muslims in the Western Imagination examines the dehumanizing ways in which Muslim men have been constructed and represented as monsters  and the impact such representations have on perceptions of Muslims today.  The study is the first to present a genealogy of these creatures  from the demons and giants of the Middle Ages to the hunchbacks with filed teeth that are featured in the 2007 film 300  arguing that constructions of Muslim monsters constitute a recurring theme  first formulated in medieval Christian thought. Sophia Rose Arjana shows how Muslim monsters are often related to Jewish monsters  and more broadly to Christian anti-Semitism and anxieties surrounding African and other foreign bodies  which involves both religious bigotry and fears surrounding bodily difference. Arjana argues persuasively that these dehumanizing constructions are deeply embedded in Western consciousness  existing today as internalized beliefs and practices that contribute to the culture of violence--both rhetorical and physical--against Muslims.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665863041077,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199324921","price":73.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199324927.jpg?v=1782411003","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/muslims-in-the-western-imagination-9780199324927","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}