Abstract
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores a significant but unstudied American film, Five Fingers, which conforms to many Hollywood stereotypes about Muslims but simultaneously subverts some of them through issues of race. It also explores groups that for many public audiences are unexpected members of the tradition. The book explains how the subjects’ motives, dialogue, and symbolism are ambiguous and do not allow the audience to come to a clear resolution about how they should feel about each side of the conflict. It addresses the subject of biographical cinema that depicts Muhammad. The book offers rich analysis with theoretical sophistication and methodological skill. It provides readers with new vocabulary for talking about the transformative power of film for communicating new forms of political practice and mediating self-representation.
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