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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: fatema_diu on March 09, 2015, 12:47:47 PM

Title: Covering Islam: A Memento of Islam’s Representation in Media and Literature
Post by: fatema_diu on March 09, 2015, 12:47:47 PM

Representation of Islam in contemporary Western media and literature has categorized Islam under few characteristics like ‘fundamentalist’, ‘terrorist’, ‘anti-Western’ etc. This stereotypical representation creates nothing but distance between the Westerns and the Muslims. To remove the distance we must understand the politics of representation. Edward Said in his book Covering Islam has very nicely portrayed this phenomenon.

Title: Re: Covering Islam: A Memento of Islam’s Representation in Media and Literature
Post by: Mir Sadia Siddequa on April 08, 2015, 09:26:36 AM

Very true & sad... Can't we do anything to chnge the scenario!!!!

Title: Re: Covering Islam: A Memento of Islam’s Representation in Media and Literature
Post by: A.S. Rafi on April 26, 2015, 06:51:00 PM

a binary opposition is always needed for the westerner to get the meaning, no matter how hard we try to build the bridge; it's never gonna happen!

Title: Re: Covering Islam: A Memento of Islam’s Representation in Media and Literature
Post by: Tahsina on April 27, 2015, 09:58:17 AM

In our country things are almost the same. You raid people's house. find 'jihadi' books, call them jamati and imprison them. Labeling/tagging is very easy now a days for people in power and real human rights are violated everywhere.

Title: Re: Covering Islam: A Memento of Islam’s Representation in Media and Literature
Post by: Afroza Akhter Tina on May 17, 2015, 12:08:27 PM

'Power' is powerful and indeed able to tag and label the 'other'.





Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer,Dept.of English
Daffodil International University