Breaking Hollywood’s Stereotypes: Arab Americans Respond
This article sheds light on the stereotypical representations of Arab Americans in Hollywood. It focuses on the response of Arab Americans to the increasing outrageous stereotypes of the industry in post 9/11 America. Hollywood has always dehumanized and demonized the Arab and Muslim characters in...
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University of Bejaia Abderrahmane Mira
2025-07-01
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This article sheds light on the stereotypical representations of Arab Americans in Hollywood. It focuses on the response of Arab Americans to the increasing outrageous stereotypes of the industry in post 9/11 America. Hollywood has always dehumanized and demonized the Arab and Muslim characters in its movies and presented them as terrorists. The research explores how Arab
American independent moviemakers and producers used counter-narratives and self-representation to challenge the long-established Hollywood’s stereotypes and provide a reasonable and authentic portrayal of Arab Americans. The rise of independent cinema offered a room for Arab Americans to showcase the cultural differences of their ethnic communities. To reach the objectives of this research, both descriptive and qualitative methods are employed. The paper concludes that the efforts made by Arab Americans to counter Hollywood’s stereotypes managed to have their voices heard and prompted them to continue their struggle against media racial stereotyping.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a01f2bb6fb5e415a82dcbc5f7782d9712025-08-20T03:14:01ZengUniversity of Bejaia Abderrahmane MiraThe Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society2716-91892676-17502025-07-0182Breaking Hollywood’s Stereotypes: Arab Americans RespondMohammed Amin Medjabra0Abdelhak Elaggoune1University of Badji Mokhtar, Annaba University of 8 Mai 1945, Guelma This article sheds light on the stereotypical representations of Arab Americans in Hollywood. It focuses on the response of Arab Americans to the increasing outrageous stereotypes of the industry in post 9/11 America. Hollywood has always dehumanized and demonized the Arab and Muslim characters in its movies and presented them as terrorists. The research explores how Arab American independent moviemakers and producers used counter-narratives and self-representation to challenge the long-established Hollywood’s stereotypes and provide a reasonable and authentic portrayal of Arab Americans. The rise of independent cinema offered a room for Arab Americans to showcase the cultural differences of their ethnic communities. To reach the objectives of this research, both descriptive and qualitative methods are employed. The paper concludes that the efforts made by Arab Americans to counter Hollywood’s stereotypes managed to have their voices heard and prompted them to continue their struggle against media racial stereotyping. https://univ-bejaia.dz/revue/jslcs/article/view/671Arab Americanscounter-narrativesHollywood’s stereotypesindependent moviesresponding to stereotypes |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed Amin Medjabra Abdelhak Elaggoune Breaking Hollywood’s Stereotypes: Arab Americans Respond The Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society Arab Americans counter-narratives Hollywood’s stereotypes independent movies responding to stereotypes |
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| title_short | Breaking Hollywood’s Stereotypes: Arab Americans Respond |
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| topic | Arab Americans counter-narratives Hollywood’s stereotypes independent movies responding to stereotypes |
| url | https://univ-bejaia.dz/revue/jslcs/article/view/671 |
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