Open AccessHomeland’s Discourse
Author(s) -
Daniel E. Josephy-Hernández
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista de lenguas modernas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2215-5643
pISSN - 1659-1933
DOI - 10.15517/rlm.v0i31.40860
Subject(s) - orientalism , homeland , middle east , homeland security , government (linguistics) , media studies , political science , sociology , terrorism , law , literature , art , linguistics , politics , philosophy
This article concentrates on the discourse employed in Homeland, a television show produced in the United States. After a discourse analysis of three characters and the set- tings of the third season, it is easy to conclude that the show encourages and display stereotypical portrayals of not only the US and the government’s secret-service agencies, but also of Iran and the Middle East in general. It foments an Orientalist image of the Middle-East (the near Orient) as both an exotic place (as explained by Said’s 1978 book Orientalism) and a chaotic, underdeveloped one full of terrorists that must be saved and purged by the United States.
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