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VOL. 2, ISSUE 6 (2017)
From belly dancer to bomber: Stereotyped Hollywood Muslim and American audience
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Bilal Ahmad Kuthoo, Dr. Abha Dahibhate
Abstract
Hollywood has always engraved Muslims in a particular and distinct guise i.e. Aladdin from a far off land and an exotic belly dancer. The image has always created a huge gulf between the real Muslim and his representation. At certain instances, the image created in Hollywood movies is far from an actual flesh and blood individual; it rather caricatures and reduces whole community and their culture to entertainment purpose. These Hollywood caricatures have not been limited to fun, humor and entertainment but Muslims have lately been portrayed as violent mobs or terrorist. This paper will demonstrate how Hollywood initially portrayed Muslims as exotic (belly dancer, camel rider) and later as violent (hijacker, bomber), but essentially, the characteristics of Otherness remained unchanged from the first movies Fatima Dances (1896) to the movies made after 9/11.
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Pages:1197-1201
How to cite this article:
Bilal Ahmad Kuthoo, Dr. Abha Dahibhate "From belly dancer to bomber: Stereotyped Hollywood Muslim and American audience". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 2, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1197-1201
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