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The Misrepresentation of Arab Gulf Men Through Costumes on Stage and Screen

Aldoukhi, Abdulmajeed

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Theatre and Film.
The study focuses on the visual appearance of Arab characters (costumes) which have been misrepresented in some of the United States’ productions. The Arab characters' costumes have not previously been sufficiently addressed. I argue that while a costume is often assumed to reflect the character’s political, economic, religious, or cultural circumstances (problematic issues) between the United States and Arabs, that reflection may be far from accurate or appropriate. In order to check the accuracy of the Arab costumes in the United States’ productions, and since there is a shortage of resources specialized in Arab costumes, a precise catalog specializing in Arab clothing was created to compare them with costumes in the United States’ productions. Furthermore, productions in Egypt (an Arab country that shares most backgrounds with the rest of Arab countries) have been added to the study to examine whether the problem of misrepresenting Arab characters' costumes exists in the Egyptian productions, or if it is specific to the United States. By examining the United States' and Egypt's productions, I have concluded that productions in both countries misrepresent Arab characters' costumes in an unwitting way that indicates a lack of knowledge of the clothes of the Arab Gulf countries. Therefore, the precise catalog of the Arab Gulf men’s clothing that has been established in this study is a solution for the problem and fills the shortage of books and references specializing in Arab costumes.
Michael Ellison (Advisor)
Robert Satterlee (Other)
Jonathan Chambers (Committee Member)
Margaret McCubbin (Committee Member)
266 p.

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  • Aldoukhi, A. (2021). The Misrepresentation of Arab Gulf Men Through Costumes on Stage and Screen [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1625843129706682

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Aldoukhi, Abdulmajeed. The Misrepresentation of Arab Gulf Men Through Costumes on Stage and Screen. 2021. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1625843129706682.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Aldoukhi, Abdulmajeed. "The Misrepresentation of Arab Gulf Men Through Costumes on Stage and Screen." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1625843129706682

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)