Orientalism in weekly information magazines: insane, cysmathic and unchangeable Islam

Abstract

This paper presents part of a research aimed to identify the possibility of an orientalist overview in weekly information magazines’ discourse along the coverage of topics related to Arabs, Islam and Muslims. Using methodological resources of French School of Discourse Analysis, authors analyse discoursive sequences of Veja, Época, IstoÉ and Carta Capital magazines. The conclusion is that magazines reverberate three discoursive formations: insane Islam, cysmathic Islam and unchangeable Orient.