TY  - BOOK
AU  - Said, Edward W.
TI  - Covering Islam: how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world 
SN  - 0679758909
U1  - 909.09 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - Islam
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - United States
KW  - Europe
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1. Islam as News. I. Islam and the West. II. Communities of Interpretation. III. The Princess Episode in Context -- Ch. 2. The Iran Story. I. Holy War. II. The Loss of Iran -- III. Unexamined and Hidden Assumptions. IV. Another Country -- Ch. 3. Knowledge and Power. I. The Politics of Interpreting Islam: Orthodox and Antithetical Knowledge. II. Knowledge and Interpretation
N2  - "In this landmark work, for which he has written a new Introduction, one of our foremost public thinkers examines to origins and repercussions of the media's monolithic images of Islam. Combining political commentary with literary criticism, Edward Said reveals the hidden assumptions and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world. In so doing, Covering Islam continues Said's lifelong investigation of the ways in which language not only describes but also defines political reality."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -