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Friedlander (Jonathan) collection of Middle Eastern Americana
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Description
Jonathan Friedlander, a scholar of Middle Eastern Studies and photographer of Americana began his personal collection of items
documenting how Americans view the Middle East in 1971. The American Orientalism collection consists of photographic materials,
pulp fiction, men's adventure magazines, comic books, audio and video recordings, advertisements, games, artifacts and objects,
books, and sheet music.
Background
Jonathan Friedlander, currently the assistant director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, began to follow advertising
and popular culture representations of the Middle East after moving to the United States in 1971. An Israel native, Friedlander
started to collect a variety of popular culture publications and objects in earnest in the mid-1990s, in an effort to produce
a collective representation of the way Americans view the Middle East.
Extent
16.5 Linear Feet
(33 boxes)
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Availability
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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