Images that Injure

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Images That Injure: An Introduction......Page 14
I. A GENERAL OVERVIEW......Page 18
1. Moral Responsibilities and the Power of Pictures......Page 20
2. Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination......Page 28
3. Media Methods That Lead to Stereotypes......Page 36
4. Unconscious, Ubiquitous Frames......Page 42
5. Images That Heal......Page 48
II. STEREOTYPES FROM SEPTEMBER 11, 2001......Page 54
6. Visual Symbolism and Stereotypes in the Wake of 9/11......Page 56
7. Terrorists We Like and Terrorists We Don\'t Like......Page 64
8. Unequal Combatants on an Uneven Media Battlefield: Palestine and Israel......Page 70
9. Post-9/11 Discrimination against Arabs and Muslims......Page 78
10. Arabs and Arab Americans: Ancient Middle East Conflicts Hit Home......Page 88
III. ETHNIC STEREOTYPES......Page 98
11. Media Stereotypes of African Americans......Page 100
12. Ethnic Stereotypes: Hispanics and Mexican Americans......Page 106
13. Exotics, Erotics, and Coconuts: Stereotypes of Pacific Islanders......Page 116
14. Native American Stereotypes......Page 126
15. Jewish Images That Injure......Page 134
16. Images of Irish Americans: Invisible, Inebriated, or Irascible......Page 144
IV. GENDER STEREOTYPES......Page 152
17. Women as Sex Partners......Page 154
18. We\'ve Come a Long Way Maybe: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Women in Super Bowl Commercials from 1989 to 2002......Page 162
V. AGE STEREOTYPES......Page 170
19. The Child as Image: Media Stereotypes of Children......Page 172
20. Growing Old in Commercials: Not Always a Laughing Matter......Page 180
VI. PHYSICAL STEREOTYPES......Page 186
21. The Invisible Cultural Group: Images of Disability......Page 188
22. The Blind in the Media: A Vision of Stereotypes in Action......Page 198
VII. SEXUAL ORIENTATION STEREOTYPES......Page 208
23. Recapturing the Archetype: An Inclusive Vision of Sexuality and Gender......Page 210
24. The Avocado and the Asparagus: Searching for Masculine and Feminine Archetypes within the Stereotyping Theater of Sexualized Mediatypes......Page 220
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS STEREOTYPES......Page 234
25. Drawing Blood: Images, Stereotypes, and the Political Cartoon......Page 236
26. Transformation of a Stereotype: Geeks, Nerds, Whiz Kids, and Hackers......Page 246
27. Stereotyping of Media Personnel......Page 254
IX. CONCLUSION......Page 262
28. Common Ground and Future Hopes......Page 264
Notes and References......Page 274
Bibliography......Page 298
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U......Page 328
W......Page 329
About the Contributors......Page 330