Arabs' Stereotypes Revisited: The Need for a Literary Solution

Autor/in	Albalawi, Mohammed
Titel	Arabs' Stereotypes Revisited: The Need for a Literary Solution
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6 (2015) 2, S.200-211 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Arabs; Ethnic Stereotypes; Social Bias; Public Opinion; Literature; Teaching Methods; Consciousness Raising; Mass Media Effects + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arab; Araber; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Öffentliche Meinung; Literatur; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bewusstseinsbildung
Abstract	In the past few decades, there has been a steady growth of interest in studying the representations of Arabs in media as shown by the increasing number of journal articles. Scholars have talked abundantly about he ugly images of Arabs that have been shown in American media for over a century. However, research lacks explanation and sufficing solutions to ameliorate such images. Therefore, this paper is an attempt to facilitate the understanding of Arabs' stereotypes drawing on the bulk of the theorizing and empirical data in cognitive science, and explain how literature can help undo the mischiefs of stereotypes. Moreover, this paper explores the ways in which the teaching and the promotion of Arabic literature can help dismantle the stereotyping of Arabs in the American media. Particularly, it demonstrates how Ghassan Kanafani's "Men in the Sun" can be used to correct faulty representations of Arabs that appeared in media for a long time. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01