Tag: Muslim
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Video Commentary: Street Fighter V
Click on the image above to browse the project. This project explores the “Middle Eastern” character of Rashid in Street Fighter V.
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The Deserted Race in Iron Man
For my historical analysis paper about post 9/11, the text I have chosen to focus on was the first Iron Man movie directed by Jon Favreau alongside the Marvel franchise. The movie was released on May 2, 2008 and reached $585.8 million in the box office. The audiences loved the triumphant message of the film…
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Post-9/11 Surveillance
After the events of 9/11, the United States saw two major changes to surveillance. Firstly, there was a large impact on Muslims, Arabs, and anyone that appeared to be “Muslim, Arab, or Middle Eastern” (Volpp). In relation to this, the United States saw an influx of racial violence and profiling. Meanwhile, laws such as the…
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Discourses on Veiling
For my presentation, “Discourses on Veiling,” I look at how people that practice Islam cover themselves for a variety of reasons. This presentation offers a small look at real people that are Muslims, how the veil operates in western culture, and it offers a bit of research into what Islamic Feminism looks like today. First,…
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The Racialization of Muslims
In order to accurately define the ideas behind the racialization of Muslims, first it is important to understand something called “racial formation.” Racial formation, as stated by Michael Omi and Howard Winant, describes the idea of racial formation saying that it is “the sociohistorical process by which racial identities are created, lived out, transformed, and…
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Orientalism
Orientalism as a theory and academic discourse was first established in Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978). Many credit Said with the founding of postcolonialism with this text. Said gives three definitions for orientalism based on the Orient being the East and the Occident being the West (the U.S., Britain, and France): Academic definition meaning “one who…
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The “Good” American Muslim
About “1.8 billion Muslims” make up the world population, and it is expected to grow up to “3 billion” by the year 2060, according to the Pew Research Center (1). Throughout the world, people that follow Islam can be found in every economic circumstance, race, and nationality, and the same can be said for Muslims…
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Orientalism in Dune (1965)
Prolific American science fiction writer Frank Herbert often escorted his readers on journeys throughout fantastical lands in outer space. Arguably his most popular novel, Dune, is no exception to this and provides its readers with the tale of a young man, Paul Atreides, and his journey following his family’s new role as conservator over the…