Tracing the Roots of American Cinematic Vilification of Arabs and Muslims

Fatima Zohra MECHERI

Auteurs-es

Fatima Zohra MECHERI Département de lettres et de langue anglaise, Université Frères Mentouri Constantine, Algérie

Mots-clés :

les Musulmans et les Arabes, le cinéma Américain, la représentation stéréotypée

Résumé

Le cinéma Américain est imprégné de représentations stéréotypées de divers groupes ethniques et raciaux, mais les nombreux stéréotypes et fausses représentations qui empoisonnent Hollywood sont ceux du monde musulman et de ses habitants ont ostensiblement été les plus dommageables et les plus résistants. Depuis le début de Hollywood entreprise, Le cinéma Américain fait paraitre les Arabes et les Musulmans en tant exotiques. L'Arabe apparaît comme un personnage terroriste grossier, barbare et violent dans plus d'un millier de films. Cet article analyse ce qui promeut l'image négative omniprésente des Arabes et des Musulmans, d'où elle vient, et pourquoi elle persiste et continue toujours a apparaitre dans l'industrie cinématographique Américaine.

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