Title Covering Islam : how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world / Edward W. Said.

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New York : Vintage Books, 1997.

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Edition	Rev. ed., 1st Vintage books ed.
Description	lxx, 200 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Chapter one: Islam as news -- I Islam and the West -- II Communities of interpretation -- III The Princess episode in context -- Chapter two: The Iran story -- I Holy war -- II The Loss of Iran -- Unexamined and hidden assumptions -- IV Another country -- Chapter three: Knowledge and power -- I The Politics of interpreting Islam: Orthodox and antithetical knowledge -- II Knowledge and interpretation.
Summary	"In this landmark work, for which he has written a new Introduction, one of our foremost public thinkers examines to origins and repercussions of the media's monolithic images of Islam. Combining political commentary with literary criticism, Edward Said reveals the hidden assumptions and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world. In so doing, Covering Islam continues Said's lifelong investigation of the ways in which language not only describes but also defines political reality."--Jacket.
Subject	Islam -- Public opinion.
	Public opinion -- United States.
	Public opinion -- Europe.
	Islam -- Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst00979824
	Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01082785
	Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Massamedia.
	Publieke opinie.
	Islam.
	Islam. (DE-588)4027743-4
	Öffentliche Meinung. (DE-588)4043152-6
	Westliche Welt. (DE-588)4079237-7
	Islam.
	Öffentliche Meinung.
	Westliche Welt.
ISBN	0679758909 (Vintage)
	9780679758907 (Vintage)
	0394509234
	0394748085 (pbk.)
	9780394509235
	0394509234

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