The Representation of Arabs and Muslims in American Films : The Orientalist Discourse in the Technicolor Film Thousand and One Nights (1945) and the Disney Movie Aladdin (1992)
| dc.contributor.author | KHEDER Amina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-21T13:22:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-21T13:22:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | 129p.; 30cm; +(CD-Rom) | |
| dc.description.abstract | Many critics dealt broadly with orientalism in the Disney adaptation Aladdin (1992). However, other adaptations of the tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp such as Thousand and One Nights (1945) were sent into oblivion. Having said that, I humbly attempt to bring up both adaptations together and study profoundly the orientalist discourse in Thousand and One Nights (1945) and Aladdin (1992). In order to undertake this study, Said’s strands concerning orientalism will accompany the bulk of my analysis. Thus, my work is divided into two major components. They respectively revolve around the making of the orientalist discourse and the manifestation of the orientalist discourse in Aladdin’s adaptations (Thousand and One Nights (1945) and Aladdin (1992)). The first results of my work demonstrate that the adaptations are the outcome of some cultural and political circumstances. Additionally; they reveal that the orientalist images in the films are produced by virtue of other films such as Arabian Nights’ adaptations. The second category of results includes the otherness of the Arab culture and the superiority of the American culture. Finally, it is found out that the obvious celebration of the American culture and the denigration of Arabs and Musilms in Aladdin (1992) brought a more orientalized image about Arabs and Muslims compared to Thousand and One Nights (1945).That is probably owing to the remarkable interference of American politicians in the Middle East during the 1990s. They hired propagandists who used the Disney movie Aladdin (1992) as a vehicle to facilitate their access to the oil reservoirs in the Gulf region. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cultural Studies | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.ummto.dz/handle/ummto/29611 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi-Ouzou | |
| dc.subject | Arabs | |
| dc.subject | Muslims | |
| dc.subject | American Films | |
| dc.subject | Orientalist Discourse | |
| dc.subject | Technicolor Film | |
| dc.title | The Representation of Arabs and Muslims in American Films : The Orientalist Discourse in the Technicolor Film Thousand and One Nights (1945) and the Disney Movie Aladdin (1992) | |
| dc.type | Thesis |