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The Cultural Politics of Islam in U.S. Reality Television
dc.contributor.authorAlsultany, Evelyn
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:45:41Z
dc.date.available2018-01-08T19:47:52Zen
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.identifier.citationAlsultany, Evelyn (2016). "The Cultural Politics of Islam in U.S. Reality Television." Communication, Culture & Critique 9(4): 595-613.
dc.identifier.issn1753-9129
dc.identifier.issn1753-9137
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134794
dc.publisherWiley Subscription Services, Inc.
dc.subject.otherMedia Representations
dc.subject.otherReality Television
dc.subject.otherLiberal Multiculturalism
dc.subject.otherShahs of Sunset
dc.subject.otherAll‐American Muslim
dc.subject.otherMuslim Americans
dc.subject.otherCultural Politics
dc.subject.otherIslam
dc.titleThe Cultural Politics of Islam in U.S. Reality Television
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelCommunication Studies
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134794/1/cccr12121.pdf
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cccr.12121
dc.identifier.sourceCommunication, Culture & Critique
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