Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World by Edward W. Said, Luann Walther

Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World

Edward W. Said, Luann Walther

200 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction politics religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

From 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. In this classic work, now upda...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 65 reviews

Moods

challenging 100%
informative 100%
reflective 100%

Pace

slow 100%

Average rating

3.85

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.