Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Acknowledgements 5
3. Contents 7
4. Preface 11
5. 1. Introduction 13
6. 2. Life Writing Theory: Constructing Life, Claiming Authenticity 47
7. 3. The Framed Arab/Muslim: Mediated Orientalism 137
8. 4. (Re-)Framing the Afghan Fundamentalist in West of Kabul, East of New York 191
9. 5. (Re-)Framing the Egyptian Belly Dancer in Letters from Cairo 259
10. 6. (Re-)Framing the Iraqi Terrorist in Howling in Mesopotamia 317
11. 7. (Re-)Mediating Orientalism 373
12. 8. Conclusion 401
13. Bibliography 419