Little Mosque on the Prairie and the Paradoxes of Cultural Translation /Kyle Conway.
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
- Cultural Spaces .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Muslims and Sitcoms in Post-9/11 North America; 1 Sitcoms, Cultural Translation, and the Paradox of Saleable Diversity; 2 Representation between the Particular and the Universal; 3 The Paradoxes of "Humanizing Muslims"; 4 Saleable Diversity and International Audiences; 5 Religion as Culture versus Religion as Belief; Conclusion: Identity and Difference in North American Sitcoms; Notes; References; Index.
Kyle Conway's textual analysis and in-depth research, including interviews from the show's creator, executive producers, writers, and CBC executives, reveals the many ways Muslims have and have not been integrated into North American television.
9781442622012
20169081028
Little mosque on the prairie.
Muslims on television. Islam in mass media. Cultural pluralism in mass media. Multiculturalism in mass media. Minorities on television. Situation comedies (Television programs)--History and criticism.--Canada