Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa write by Walid El Hamamsy. This book was released on 2013. Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the current historical moment through works of popular culture produced in, and on, the Middle East and North Africa region, Turkey, and Iran. Essays consider gender, racial, political, and other issues in film, cartoons, talk shows, music, dance, blogs, graphic novels, fiction, fashion, and advertisements.
Moroccan Noir
Moroccan Noir - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Moroccan Noir write by Jonathan Smolin. This book was released on 2013-10-23. Moroccan Noir available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Facing rising demands for human rights and the rule of law, the Moroccan state fostered new mass media and cultivated more positive images of the police, once the symbol of state repression, reinventing the relationship between citizen and state for a new era. Jonathan Smolin examines popular culture and mass media to understand the changing nature of authoritarianism in Morocco over the past two decades. Using neglected Arabic sources including crime tabloids, television movies, true-crime journalism, and police advertising, Smolin sheds new light on politics and popular culture in the Middle East and North Africa.
Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East
Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East write by Andrew Hammond. This book was released on 2017-05-22. Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ideal for students and general readers, this single-volume work serves as a ready-reference guide to pop culture in countries in North Africa and the Middle East, covering subjects ranging from the latest young adult book craze in Egypt to the hottest movies in Saudi Arabia. Part of the new Pop Culture around the World series, this volume focuses on countries in North Africa and the Middle East, including Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and more. The book enables students to examine the stars, idols, and fads of other countries and provides them with an understanding of the globalization of pop culture. An introduction provides readers with important contextual information about pop culture in North Africa and the Middle East, such as how the United States has influenced movies, music, and the Internet; how Islamic traditions may clash with certain aspects of pop culture; and how pop culture has come to be over the years. Readers will learn about a breadth of topics, including music, contemporary literature, movies, television and radio, the Internet, sports, video games, and fashion. There are also entries examining topics like key musicians, songs, books, actors and actresses, movies and television shows, popular websites, top athletes, games, and clothing fads and designers, allowing readers to gain a broad understanding of each topic, supported by specific examples. An ideal resource for students, the book provides Further Readings at the end of each entry; sidebars that appear throughout the text, providing additional anecdotal information; appendices of Top Tens that look at the top-10 songs, movies, books, and much more in the region; and a bibliography.
Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa write by Sherine Hafez. This book was released on 2013-06-05. Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume combines ethnographic accounts of fieldwork with overviews of recent anthropological literature about the region on topics such as Islam, gender, youth, and new media. It addresses contemporary debates about modernity, nation building, and the link between the ideology of power and the production of knowledge. Contributors include established and emerging scholars known for the depth and quality of their ethnographic writing and for their interventions in current theory.
The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East
The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East write by Gönül Dönmez-Colin. This book was released on 2007. The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Twenty-four essays on individual selected films, many by scholars and writers based in the region. It explores established film cultures such as those of Turkey and Iran, and also nascent cinemas such as those of Israel, Palestine and Syria. ... Selected films include Cairo Station (Egypt, 1958), Umat (Turkey, 1970), The Runner (Iran, 1989) ... Once upon a time, Beriut (Lebanon, 1994), Chronicle of a disappearance (Palestine, 1996), Circle of dreams (Israel, 2000), Ten (Iran, 2002) and Uzak (Turkey, 2003)."--Page 4 of cover.
