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Table of Contents

Preface (Click here to read the full preface)

Introduction: Worldview, Identity and the Other

Section I: Foundations of the Relationship

1.      In the Eye of the Beholder

2.      U.S. Coverage of Islam

3.      The Arab and Muslim Media

Section II: The Framing of an Era

4.      Rhetoric, Religion and Righteousness

5.      The Myth of Terror and the Terror of Myth

6.      Enemies, Allies and other Artificial Constructs

Section III: Perceptions of Policy

7.      Weaponizing the Media

8.      Prism of Pain: Palestine

9.      Rewriting the Script: Iraq

Section IV: Hearts & Minds

10.  Beyond the Middle East

11.  Brand America

12.  Symbols of Empire

Epilogue

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Notes and References

Index

Faculty course site: A proposed course syllabus based on the book is available online. Access to a special course site with additional resources and suggested readings is also available by contacting Peter Sickman-Garner at the University of Michigan Press pgarner@umich.edu (734) 615 6477 or the author LPINTAK@aucegypt.edu.

 


 

     

 

 

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