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(Mis)representing Islam: The Racism and Rhetoric of British Broadsheet Newspapers

By John E. Richardson

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins
Year
2004
ISBN
9027226997, 9789027226990, 9781423766377
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3205930 bytes)
Series
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 9
Pages
278\286
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

(Mis)Representing Islam explores and illustrates how élite broadsheet newspapers are implicated in the production and reproduction of anti-Muslim racism. The book approaches journalistic discourse as the inseparable combination of ‘social practices’, ‘discursive practices’ and the ‘texts’ themselves from a perspective which fuses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) with Edward Said’s critique of Orientalism. This framework enables Richardson to (re)contextualise élite journalism within its professional, political, economic, social and historic settings and present a critical and precise examination of not only the prevalence but also the form and potential effects of anti-Muslim racism. The book analyses the centrality of van Dijk’s ideological square and the significance and utility of stereotypical topoi in representing Islam and Muslims, focusing in particular on the reporting of Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Algeria, Iraq and Britain. This timely book should interest researchers and students of racism, Islam, Journalism and Communication studies, Rhetoric, and (Critical) Discourse Analysis.

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