Little Mosque on the Prairie and the Paradoxes of Cultural Translation - Couverture souple

Conway, Kyle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1487520557 ISBN 13 : 9781487520557

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2017

Synopsis

In 2007, Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network. It told the story of a mosque community that worshiped in the basement of an Anglican church. It was a bona fide hit, running for six seasons and playing on networks all over the world.

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. Despite a desire to showcase the diversity of Muslims in Canada, the makers of Little Mosque had to erase visible signs of difference in order to reach a broad audience. This paradox of 'saleable diversity' challenges conventional ideas about the ways in which sitcoms integrate minorities into the mainstream.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kyle Conway is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1487520557
• ISBN 13: 9781487520557
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
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