Voiceless Icons No More: The Self-Representations of Muslim American Lives in Digital Media
[Thesis]
Kristin M. Peterson
Echchaibi, Nabil
University of Colorado at Boulder
2018
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Committee members: Hoover, Stewart M.; Jones, Carla; Peck, Janice; Ryan, Kathleen; Whitehead, Deborah F.
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-96597-1
Ph.D.
Media Studies
University of Colorado at Boulder
2018
With the proposed travel bans in the U.S., niqab bans in Canadian cities, fears over terrorism, attacks on veiled women, and concerns about refugees, Muslim Americans have become prominent icons of larger political issues in North American society. While the images of Muslims have dominated public spaces, the complex lives and significant concerns of Muslim Americans have often gone untold. This study focuses on the creative work that Muslim American youth are producing and circulating through digital media spaces and mobile technologies.
Islamic Studies; Mass communications; Gender studies
Communication and the arts;Social sciences;Aesthetics;Creative projects;Digital media;Muslim Americans;Political activism;Visual studies