Islam phobia as filmed in eastwood 'S "American Sniper": A post colonial quest

Abstract

The attitudes have dominated Western mass media, ranging from Hollywood movies to even children’s cartoons are reflecting stereotypes of the negative image of the Muslim world. They are inherited in the history of colonialism, postcoloialism, ad orientalism. Today, American mass media is adopting this inherited negative image of Islam and displaying it to the universe in the form of movies. Accordingly, this study aims at exploring the portrayal of Islam and Muslims in the lens of American popular culture through examining the post-colonial ideology of Self/Other and the negative images of Islam in Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper (2014). American Sniper is a biographical war drama written by Jason Hall that recounts Chris Kyle's career as a sniper. The film is based on the autobiography of the most lethal U.S. sniper in military history, who served in the Iraq War, entitled American Sniper. The film was directed by Clint Eastwood in 2014.