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.