Beyond Hybridity and Fundamentalism

The author, who is an assistant professor in the Media and Cultural Studies Department of California University (and also a filmmaker), holds a master’s degree from Syracuse University and a PhD from the University of Ohio. According to her self-description she now ‘teaches courses analyzing intersections of media and popular culture within neoliberal globalized contexts, and with a strong focus on political economy of media’ (p. 218). This corresponds to her being driven by the ‘urge to speak and to make a difference’ (Acknowledgments). For good, critical reasons, the book cover shows two fully-clad Muslim women photographing one another; her own photograph, however, shows her with flattering long hair, freely displayed. The book is mostly written with unusually long, involved sentences, frequently covering up to 13 lines. Its style, however, is quite lively and rich with the description of the author’s concrete observations, for instance when...