This chapter analyses the representation of the Muslim world in prime-time TV series broadcast in Spain, a country with a long-established Muslim population and a strategic migratory destination. Specifically, the narratives chosen are constructed to offer a deliberate image of Muslim characters. For this purpose, the sample comprises two TV series which have had a special impact on Spanish audiences: El tiempo entre costuras and El príncipe. The results conclude that the orientalist representation of Muslim ‘others’ contributes to the differentiation between their space and the Spanish/Western one. In this sense, these cultural artefacts help to reinforce national identities and highlight the common traits that countries like Spain, as a ‘peripheral’ Southern European region, share with other EU Member States.
Cristina Algaba, Beatriz Tomé-Alonso, Giulia Cimini (2022). Orientalism and the Mass Media – A Study of the Representation of Muslims in Southern European TV Fiction: The Case of Spanish Prime-time TV Series. London, New York : Routledge [10.4324/9781003109891-18].
Orientalism and the Mass Media – A Study of the Representation of Muslims in Southern European TV Fiction: The Case of Spanish Prime-time TV Series
Giulia CiminiUltimo
2022
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This chapter analyses the representation of the Muslim world in prime-time TV series broadcast in Spain, a country with a long-established Muslim population and a strategic migratory destination. Specifically, the narratives chosen are constructed to offer a deliberate image of Muslim characters. For this purpose, the sample comprises two TV series which have had a special impact on Spanish audiences: El tiempo entre costuras and El príncipe. The results conclude that the orientalist representation of Muslim ‘others’ contributes to the differentiation between their space and the Spanish/Western one. In this sense, these cultural artefacts help to reinforce national identities and highlight the common traits that countries like Spain, as a ‘peripheral’ Southern European region, share with other EU Member States.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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