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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Jonathan Friedlander collection of Middle Eastern Americana
Creator:
Friedlander, Jonathan
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1314
Physical Description:
16.5 Linear Feet
(33 boxes)
Physical Description:
21 oversize boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1875-2006
Abstract: 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.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jonathan Friedlander, 2006.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9960134093606533
[Identification of item], Jonathan Friedlander collection of Middle Eastern Americana (Collection 1314). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Lorraine Pratt, 2006, Sina Rahmadi, 2007, and Audra Eagle with assistance from Kelley Bachli, 2008 in the Center
for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT).
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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.
The collection includes photographic materials, pulp fiction, men's adventure magazines, comic books, audio and video recordings,
advertisements, games, artifacts and objects, books, and sheet music that document American Orientalism in popular culture.
The collection includes visual and topical content that evokes "the Orient," political and historical relationships between
the East and West, gender stereotypes of "Oriental" or "Arab" men and women, as well as American advertising presentations
of "Oriental" items as those of luxury.
The collection is arranged into ten series, five of which have been further arranged into subseries. Sound recordings, books,
serials, sheet music, motion picture films, and Arabian Nights books are arranged alphabetically. The series and subseries
arrangement is as follows:
- Sound Recordings
- Phonograph records
- Compact discs
- Books
- [Books]
- Children's books
- Romance novels
- Pocket-sized books
- Serials
- Pulp fiction
- Comic books
- Men's adventure magazines
- Magazines
- Advertisements
- Games
- Board games
- Video games and manuals
- Card games
- Artifacts and Objects
- Sheet Music
- Motion Picture Films
- Digital video discs (DVDs)
- Laserdisks
- VHS cassettes
- Arabian Nights Books
- Stereographs
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Jonathan Friedlander Collection of Middle Eastern Americana (2669 items) .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Middle East specialists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Friedlander, Jonathan--Archives.