(Mis)representing Islam: The Racism and Rhetoric of British Broadsheet Newspapers

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John Benjamins Publishing, 2004 - 262 pages
"(Mis)Representing Islam" explores and illustrates how elite broadsheet newspapers are implicated in the production and reproduction of anti-Muslim racism. The book approaches journalistic discourse as the inseparable combination of social practices, discursive practices and the texts themselves from a perspective which fuses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) with Edward Said s critique of Orientalism. This framework enables Richardson to (re)contextualise elite journalism within its professional, political, economic, social and historic settings and present a critical and precise examination of not only the prevalence but also the form and potential effects of anti-Muslim racism. The book analyses the centrality of van Dijk s ideological square and the significance and utility of stereotypical topoi in representing Islam and Muslims, focusing in particular on the reporting of Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Algeria, Iraq and Britain. This timely book should interest researchers and students of racism, Islam, Journalism and Communication studies, Rhetoric, and (Critical) Discourse Analysis.
 

Contents

Tables
1
Orientalism
5
A challenge for us all
20
The discursive representation of Islam and Muslims
33
Output and representations
47
Muslim negativity
69
The West as civiliser 55
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Difference discord and threat in domestic reporting
113
The sophistication andor superiority of Our weaponry
166
President Saddam Husseins removal from power
174
The importance of UNSCOM to unconnected Iraq articles
182
Coda
188
Discourse and Intertextuality
198
Shifting blame
207
Reallocating blame during Ramadan
213
Coda
223

The atrocity at Luxor
130
Muslim schooling and Muslim pupils
137
Positive stories
146
A summary
152
Use of International law as an argumentative resource
158

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