Islamophobia in "Homeland"? Analysis of the Popular US TV Series

Term Paper (Advanced seminar) , 2015 , 30 Pages , Grade: 1,3

Communications - Movies and Television

This essay analyses one episode of the popular US TV series "Homeland", which has been said to be “TV’s most Islamophobic show” (cf. Al-Arian 2012) and decide if it contains islamophobic elements.

In a first step, using a variety of different sources, islamophobia will be defined. Afterwards, the paper will link theoretical input about the effects of stereotyping to stereotyping of Muslims as terrorists in post 9/11 series such as "24" or "Sleeper Cell". It will then analyse one episode of Homeland and apply the theoretical input to decide whether or not the series contains islamophobic ellements. Finally, the findings of this paper will be concluded.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Understanding Islamophobia

3. The Media and (Fictional) Stereotyping

4. Islamophobia in TV and Film?

5. Homeland and Islamophobia

6. Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Works Cited

• College: Bielefeld University (Fakultät für Linguistik und Literaturwissenschaft: Anglistik)
• Course: Analyzing and Interpreting Literary Texts: US American Literatures
• Grade: 1,3
• Author: Gernot Meyer (Author)
• Publication Year: 2015
• Pages: 30
• Catalog Number: V351373
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668376878
• ISBN (Book): 9783668376885
• Language: English
• Tags: islamophobia, homeland, analysis, popular, series