List Books » Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
Authors: Edward W. Said, Luann Walther
ISBN-13: 9780679758907, ISBN-10: 0679758909
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: March 1997
Edition: Revised
From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed "Islam" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. In this classic work, now updated, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world.
Introduction to the Vintage Edition | ||
Introduction | ||
Ch. 1 | Islam as News | 2 |
I | Islam and the West | 3 |
II | Communities of Interpretation | 36 |
III | The Princess Episode in Context | 69 |
Ch. 2 | The Iran Story | 80 |
I | Holy War | 81 |
II | The Loss of Iran | 95 |
III | Unexamined and Hidden Assumptions | 110 |
IV | Another Country | 123 |
Ch. 3 | Knowledge and Power | 134 |
I | The Politics of Interpreting Islam: Orthodox and Antithetical Knowledge | 135 |
II | Knowledge and Interpretation | 162 |
Notes | 175 | |
Index | 189 |