The miseducation of the West : how schools and the media distort our understanding of the Islamic world / edited by Joe L. Kincheloe and Shirley R. Steinberg. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004. - viii, 208 p. ; 25 cm. - Reverberations : cultural studies and education . - Reverberations (Praeger Publishers) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-198) and index.

Introduction / Joe L. Kincheloe -- September 11, terror war, and blowback / Douglas Kellner -- Loving Muslim women with a vengeance : the West, women, and fundamentalism / Loubna Skalli -- Iran and American miseducation : cover-ups, distortions, and omissions / Joe L. Kincheloe -- Consequences of perceived ethnic identities / Christopher D. Stonebanks -- The United States and Israel : double standards, favoritism, and unconditional support / Mordechai Gordon -- The great European denial : the misrepresentation of the Moors in Western education / Haroon Kharem -- Schooled to order : education and the making of modern Egypt / Yusef J. Progler -- The new bogeyman under the bed : image formation of Islam in the Western school curriculum and media / Ibrahim Abukhattala -- Desert minstrels : Hollywood's curriculum of Arabs and Muslims / Shirley R. Steinberg.

This collection of essays examines how schools and the media have shaped Western views of Islam. Written by an international group of educators with diverse viewpoints.

0275981606 (alk. paper) 9780275981600 (alk. paper)

2004003790


International education--United States.
Multicultural education--United States.
Islam--Public opinion.
Public opinion--United States.

LC1090 / .M49 2004

070.4/4990909767