Constructing Islamophobia: Hollywood

dc.contributor.advisor	Munteán, L.
dc.contributor.advisor	Mehring, F.
dc.contributor.author	Veldhausz, M
dc.date.issued	2017-08-30
dc.description.abstract	Islam has become highly politicized post-9/11, the Islamophobia that has followed has been spread throughout the news media and Hollywood in particular. By using theories based on stereotypes, Othering, and Orientalism and a methodology based on film studies, in particular mise-en-scène, the way in which Islamophobia has been constructed in three case studies has been examined. These case studies are the following three Hollywood movies: The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, and American Sniper. Derogatory rhetoric and mise-en-scène aspects proved to be shaping Islamophobia. The movies focus on events that happened post-9/11 and the ideological markers that trigger Islamophobia in these movies are thus related to the opinions on Islam that have become widespread throughout Hollywood and the media since; examples being that Muslims are non-compatible with Western societies, savages, evil, and terrorists.	en_US
dc.file.source	59a6b2fadd32e-Veldhausz_Muntean_MAThesis_Thesis.pdf	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/4702
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Letteren	en_US
dc.thesis.specialisation	Transnational America: Politics, Culture and Society	en_US
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	Master North American Studies	en_US
dc.thesis.type	Master	en_US
dc.title	Constructing Islamophobia: Hollywood	en_US

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