Unthinking Eurocentrism(2nd Edition) Multiculturalism and the Media (Sightlines) by EllaShohat, Robert Stam Paperback, 508 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-53861-9, ISBN: 0-415-53861-0
"Unthinking Eurocentrism, a seminal and award-winning work in postcolonial studies first published in 1994, explored Eurocentrism as an interlocking network of buried premises, embedded narratives, and submerged tropes that constituted a broadly shared epistemology. Within a transdisciplinary study, the authors argued that the debates about Eurocentrism and post/coloniality must be considered within a broad historical sweep that goes at ..."
Israeli Cinema(Updated) East/West and the Politics of Representation (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) by EllaShohat Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2010 by I. B. Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-313-1, ISBN: 1-84511-313-6
"When the Hebrew edition of this groundbreaking book came out, it provoked a stormy public debate. This is a new edition of Israeli Cinema with a substantial new postscript that reflects on the book’s initial reception and points to exciting new trends in the cinematic representation of Israel and Palestine. Ella Shohat explores the cinema as a productive site of national culture, dating back to the early Zionist films about turn-of-the ..."
Flagging Patriotism(1st Edition) Crises of Narcissism and Anti-Americanism by EllaShohat, Robert Stam Paperback, 406 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-97922-1, ISBN: 0-415-97922-6
" The question "Why do they hate us? " is one of the most oft-cited puzzles of contemporary American affairs, yet it's not clear to whom "they" or "us" refers, nor even what "hate" means. In this bold new work, Ella Shohat and Robert Stam take apart the "hate discourse" of right-wing politics, placing it in an international context. How, for example, do other nations love themselves, and how is that love connected to their attitudes towa ..."
Unthinking Eurocentrism Multiculturalism and the Media (Sightlines) by EllaShohat, Robert Stam Paperback, 428 Pages, Published 1994 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-06325-8, ISBN: 0-415-06325-6
"Unthinking Eurocentrism explores issues of Eurocentrism and multiculturalism in relation to popular culture, film and the mass media. The book ``multiculturalizes'' media studies by looking at Hollywood movie genres such as the western, the musical and the imperial film from multicultural perspectives, examining issues from the racial politics of casting to colonialist discourse and gender and Empire.More than just a critique of Eurocen ..."
"Reflecting the burgeoning academic interest in issues of nation, race, gender, sexuality, and other axes of identity, Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media brings all of these concerns under the same umbrella, contending that these issues must be discussed in relation to each other. Communities, societies, nations, and even entire continents, the book suggests, exist not autonomously but rather in a densely woven w ..."
"With recipes by 41 popular chefs and food writers such as Alice Waters, Yotam Ottolenghi and Marcus Samuelsson, this cookbook focuses on the many uses of date syrupDate syrup has been central to Iraqi cooking and home life for centuries. In this unique book, a fusion of contemporary art and food, Chicago-based Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz (born 1973) and 41 celebrated chefs present delicious dishes using this staple of Middle ..."
"Unthinking Eurocentrism, a seminal and award-winning work in postcolonial studies first published in 1994, explored Eurocentrism as an interlocking network of buried premises, embedded narratives, and submerged tropes that constituted a broadly shared epistemology. Within a transdisciplinary study, the authors argued that the debates about Eurocentrism and post/coloniality must be considered within a broad ..."
Unthinking Eurocentrism(1st Edition) Multiculturalism and the Media (Sightlines) by EllaShohat, Robert Stam Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-86951-5, ISBN: 0-415-86951-X
"Unthinking Eurocentrism explores issues of Eurocentrism and multiculturalism in relation to popular culture, film and the mass media. The book 'multiculturalizes' media studies by looking at Hollywood movie genres such as the western, the musical and the imperial film from multicultural perspectives, examining issues from the racial politics of casting to colonialist discourse and gender and Empire.More than just a critique of Eurocentr ..."
"Since September 11, public discourse has often been framed in terms of absolutes: an age of innocence gives way to a present under siege, while the United States and its allies face off against the Axis of Evil. This special issue of "Social Text" aims to move beyond these binaries toward thoughtful analysis. The editors argue that the challenge for the Left is to develop an antiterrorism stance that acknowledges the legacy of U.S. trad ..."
"The first collection to emphasize the complex interaction between gender and postcoloniality.Most people in the world, from Africa to Asia and beyond, live in the aftermath of colonialism. Their day-to-day lives are defined by their past history as colonized peoples, often in ways that are subtle or hard to define. In Dangerous Liaisons, eminent contributors address the issues raised by the postcolonial condition, considering nationhood ..."
"Taboo Memories, Diasporic Voices brings together for the first time a selection of trailblazing essays by Ella Shohat, an internationally renowned theorist of postcolonial and cultural studies of Iraqi-Jewish background. Written over the past two decades, these twelve essays—some classic, some less known, some new—trace a powerful intellectual trajectory as Shohat rigorously teases out the consequences of a deep critique of Eurocentric ..."
Unthinking Eurocentrism(1st Edition) Multiculturalism and the Media (Sightlines) by EllaShohat, Robert Stam Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 1994 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-06324-1, ISBN: 0-415-06324-8
"Unthinking Eurocentrism explores issues of Eurocentrism and multiculturalism in relation to popular culture, film and the mass media. The book ``multiculturalizes'' media studies by looking at Hollywood movie genres such as the western, the musical and the imperial film from multicultural perspectives, examining issues from the racial politics of casting to colonialist discourse and gender and Empire.More than just a critique of Eurocen ..."
"This growing tendency in Massis's poetry toward incorporating themes of Arab
nationalism and anti-imperialism fits in with Cecilia Baeza's contentions”
regarding the Palestinian communities, particularly in Chile. According to Baeza,
despite those immigrants' initial tendency to assert their cultural heritage, over
time their relation to their homeland realities became that of a distant follower of
events rather than an agent contr ..."
Flagging Patriotism Crises of Narcissism and Anti-Americanism by EllaShohat, Robert Stam Digital, 406 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-135-86395-1, ISBN: 1-135-86395-4
"The question "Why do they hate us?" is one of the most oft-cited puzzles of contemporary American affairs, yet it's not clear to whom "they" or "us" refers, nor even what "hate" means. In this bold new work, Ella Shohat and Robert Stam take apart the "hate discourse" of right-wing politics, placing it in an international context. How, for example, do other nations love themselves, and how is that love connected to their attitudes toward ..."
Race in Translation Culture Wars Around the Postcolonial Atlantic by Robert Stam, EllaShohat Digital, 383 Pages, Published 2012 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-2525-2, ISBN: 0-8147-2525-2
"Despite the obvious differences between the United States at the beginning of
the 20th cen~ tury and France at the beginning of the 21st, Du Bois's “double
consciousness,” for Ndiaye, retains contemporary relevance for French blacks: It
means ... Christian Poiret, and Francois Vourch's Racist Inequality: Repuhlican
Universality Put to the Test (2000); Eric Savarese's Colonial History and
Immigration: An Invention ofthe Foreigner (2 ..."
"A is for Arab: Archiving Stereotypes in U.S. Popular Culture features photographs of objects and materials from the Jack G. Shaheen Archive at Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, and documents U.S. popular culture ..."
Israeli Cinema(Updated) East/West and the Politics of Representation (Modern Middle East Studies) by EllaShohat Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2010 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-312-4, ISBN: 1-84511-312-8
"When the Hebrew edition of this groundbreaking book came out, it provoked a stormy public debate. This is a new edition of Israeli Cinema with a substantial new postscript that reflects on the book’s initial reception and points to exciting new trends in the cinematic representation of Israel and Palestine. Ella Shohat explores the cinema as a productive site of national culture, dating back to the early Zionist films about turn-of-the ..."
Library of Modern Middle East Studies Israeli Cinema : East/West and the Politics of Representation by EllaShohat 416 Pages, Published 2010 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-0-85771-388-9, ISBN: 0-85771-388-4
"In an English/Hebrew musical review show, Muni Lemel, dressed as Uncle Sam (
played by the American Yiddish actor Mike Burstein), flirts with his partner, Miss
Israel (Hanna Laslo), here presented as a prostitute available for his pleasure. In
contrast with the underworld, the faithful servant wins the paternalistic love of
Rabbi Kuni Lemel, summed up in affectionately stereotypical sentences such as:
“If there's anything more stubb ..."
""Taboo Memories, Diasporic Voices" brings together for the first time a selection of trailblazing essays by Ella Shohat, an internationally renowned theorist of postcolonial and cultural studies of Iraqi-Jewish background. Written over the past two decades, these twelve essays--some classic, some less known, some new--trace a powerful intellectual trajectory as Shohat rigorously teases out the consequences of a deep critique of Eurocent ..."