Invisible Humans, Visible Terrorists: U.S. Neo-Orientalism Post 9/11 and Representations of the Muslim World

U.S. neo-Orientalism as a new form of Orientalism was ushered in after 9/11. Although it operates within the frames of Said’s theory of Orientalism, U.S. neo-Orientalism offers new approaches to and representations of Islam and the Muslim world that have a different point of departure from that of classical Orientalism. U.S. neo-Orientalism rationalizes military intervention and the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as promoting the mission of American democracy. This study discusses the theoretical frame and features of U.S. neo-Orientalism and tackles its representations in institutionalized neo-Orientalist writings and American literary and war novels.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Alrasheed, Khalid Mosleh

Contributors dc:contributor

• Aparajita Sagar
• Shaun Hughes
• Alfred Lopez
• Ahmed Idrissi Alami

• 9/11
• American Novel post 9/11
• American Orientalism
• Islam
• Neo-Orientalism
• Neo-Orientalist Think Tanks

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1082

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2298