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Representations of Islam in United States Comics, 1880-1922

Representations of Islam in United States Comics, 1880-1922

Rhett, Maryanne A.

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Islam20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1350196274
ISBN13: 9781350196278
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Aug 26 2021
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Representations of Islam in United States Comics, 1880-1922 examines the depiction of Islam, Muslims, and the Islamic world in U.S. popular culture, particularly comics and related artifacts, between 1880 and 1922.

Through cartoons, comics, editorial cartoons, serialized advertisements and other materials the book unfolds a narrative about how the Islamic world and its people were understood by the American government and its people. This knowledge, garnered from popular culture of the day, produced a lens through which domestic and international relationships were created and maintained. Representing a wide swath of U.S. popular culture and discourse, the reflections these artifacts offer are united in their depiction of the Oriental in an era that is largely assumed to have been marked by American un-interest in the region, peoples and religion.

An exciting contribution to a growing field, this book resituates the U.S. within the Islamic world, using the everyday medium of comics to provide a fresh perspective on the subject.

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