After an overview on the stereotyped view of American cinema on different cultures, the paper proceeds to explore how Hollywood represents Moroccans and how it perpetuates an orientalist imaginary in the case of the American Film "Babel".
Although on a manifest level this movie represents Moroccans without offending their culture, it approaches them on a latent level through a repertory of denigrating stereotypes belonging to a Eurocentric tradition. Accordingly, due to a racist undercurrent pervading its representation of Morocco, "Babel" fails in conveying a universal humanistic message claimed all along the plot of the film.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I-Hollywood and its others
II-Representing Moroccans in Hollywood
III- Moroccans represented in Babel
III.1 Film synopsis
III.2 Levels of representations in Babel
2.1 Manifest representations
2.2 Latent representations
Conclusion
Works cited
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