Arab Musulms in Post-9/11American Entertainment indusry family guy,homeland and the kingdom as case studies.

Abstract

Following the aggressive attacks of September 11, 2001, the American Entertainment Industry produced a considerable number of television shows associating Arab Muslims with violence, backwardness, fanaticism, exoticism and recently terrorism. Three case studies have been selected to be analysed in the present research, namely Family Guy as an animated sitcom, Homeland as drama series and The Kingdom as a Hollywood movie. The discourse of post-9/11 American Entertainment Industry’s television shows challenges the coexistence between the United States and Arab Muslims as it is regarded to be offensive, racial and prejudiced. This discourse is taken to be analysed using three linguistic approaches, namely Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics, Critical Discourse Analysis and Semiotic Analysis. The aim is to conduct a complete deconstruction of this discourse and to examine its further implications and incarnations in real life.