{"product_id":"covering-islam-how-the-media-and-the-experts-determine-how-we-see-the-rest-of-the-world-9780679758907","title":"Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this classic work, the author of \u003ci\u003eCulture and Imperialism \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most \"objective\" coverage of the Islamic world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No one stuyding the relations between the West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed \"Islam\" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. At the same time, Islamic countries use \"Islam\" to justify unrepresentative and often repressive regimes. Combining political commentary with literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eCovering Islam\u003c\/i\u003e continues Edward Said's lifelong investigation of the ways in which language not only describes but also defines political reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e (1978); \u003ci\u003eThe Question of Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e (1979); \u003ci\u003eCovering Islam\u003c\/i\u003e (1980); \u003ci\u003eThe World, the Text, and the Critic\u003c\/i\u003e (1983); \u003ci\u003eCulture and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e (1993); \u003ci\u003ePeace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process\u003c\/i\u003e (1996); and \u003ci\u003eOut of Place: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for \u003ci\u003eAl-Hayat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAl-Ahram\u003c\/i\u003e; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692795269394,"sku":"9780679758907","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4ade0fa-3bbe-4988-b03b-f1ba5e54d881.jpg?v=1734134193","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/covering-islam-how-the-media-and-the-experts-determine-how-we-see-the-rest-of-the-world-9780679758907","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}