(Mis)representing Islam: The Racism and Rhetoric of British Broadsheet NewspapersJohn Benjamins Publishing, 2004 - 262 pages "(Mis)Representing Islam" explores and illustrates how elite 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 elite 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. |
Contents
Tables | 1 |
Orientalism | 5 |
A challenge for us all | 20 |
The discursive representation of Islam and Muslims | 33 |
Output and representations | 47 |
Muslim negativity | 69 |
The West as civiliser 55 | 95 |
Difference discord and threat in domestic reporting | 113 |
The sophistication andor superiority of Our weaponry | 166 |
President Saddam Husseins removal from power | 174 |
The importance of UNSCOM to unconnected Iraq articles | 182 |
Coda | 188 |
Discourse and Intertextuality | 198 |
Shifting blame | 207 |
Reallocating blame during Ramadan | 213 |
Coda | 223 |
The atrocity at Luxor | 130 |
Muslim schooling and Muslim pupils | 137 |
Positive stories | 146 |
A summary | 152 |
Use of International law as an argumentative resource | 158 |
Notes | 235 |
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(Mis)representing Islam: The Racism and Rhetoric of British Broadsheet ... John E. Richardson No preview available - 2004 |
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