Arab Subcultures

Author : Tarik Sabry,Layal Ftouni
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786720429

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What is 'Arab' about Arab subcultures? This is the first book to set out to delineate different ways of studying and theorising Arab subcultural groups and practices, including film, graffiti, music, live art performances, Arab techies and youth cultures. Contributors tackle a number of questions including: How is the study of Arab subcultures to be theorised? How are we to analyse such creative processes in a new worldliness characterised by trans-temporality and trans-subjectivity? Arab Subcultures effectively opens up a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue about Arab subcultures with different fields of enquiry, including anthropology, philosophy, art criticism and cultural studies, at the heart of which lies the key intellectual task of re-imagining the uneasy relation between aesthetics and politics in the age of revolutions.

Author : Tarik Sabry,Layal Ftouni
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786730428

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Arab Subcultures by Tarik Sabry,Layal Ftouni Pdf

What is 'Arab' about Arab subcultures? This is the first book to set out to delineate different ways of studying and theorising Arab subcultural groups and practices, including film, graffiti, music, live art performances, Arab techies and youth cultures. Contributors tackle a number of questions including: How is the study of Arab subcultures to be theorised? How are we to analyse such creative processes in a new worldliness characterised by trans-temporality and trans-subjectivity? Arab Subcultures effectively opens up a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue about Arab subcultures with different fields of enquiry, including anthropology, philosophy, art criticism and cultural studies, at the heart of which lies the key intellectual task of re-imagining the uneasy relation between aesthetics and politics in the age of revolutions.

Author : Tarik Sabry,Layal Ftouni
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1780769032

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Arab Subcultures by Tarik Sabry,Layal Ftouni Pdf

What is 'Arab' about Arab subcultures? This is the first book to set out to delineate different ways of studying and theorising Arab subcultural groups and practices, including film, graffiti, music, live art performances, Arab techies and youth cultures. Contributors tackle a number of questions including: How is the study of Arab subcultures to be theorised? How are we to analyse such creative processes in a new worldliness characterised by trans-temporality and trans-subjectivity? Arab Subcultures effectively opens up a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue about Arab subcultures with different fields of enquiry, including anthropology, philosophy, art criticism and cultural studies, at the heart of which lies the key intellectual task of re-imagining the uneasy relation between aesthetics and politics in the age of revolutions.

Author : Samantha Holland,Karl Spracklen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787565128

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Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces by Samantha Holland,Karl Spracklen Pdf

This edited collection provides sociological and cultural research that expands our understanding of the alternative, liminal or transgressive; theorizing the status of the alternative in contemporary culture and society.

Author : William Edward Hazen,Mohammed Mughisuddin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015012958446

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Middle Eastern Subcultures by William Edward Hazen,Mohammed Mughisuddin Pdf

Author : Tarik Sabry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857718242

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Cultural Encounters in the Arab World by Tarik Sabry Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Tarik Sabry is seeking out the terrain for best understanding the experience of being modern in transitional societies. He adopts a dynamic, ethnographically based approach to the meanings of 'modernness' in the Arab context and, within a relational framework, focuses on structures of thought, everydayness and self-referentiality to explore the process of building a bridge that rejoins the 'modern' in Arab thought with the 'modern' in Arab lived experience. In bringing together modernity as a philosophical category with the bridging spaces of Arab everyday life, Sabry is offering fresh methods of comprehending the question of what it means to be modern in the Arab world today.

Author : Nahla Yassine-Hamdan,Frederic S Pearson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136658662

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Arab Approaches to Conflict Resolution by Nahla Yassine-Hamdan,Frederic S Pearson Pdf

This book examines Arab approaches to mediation, negotiation and settlement of political disputes. This book proposes that two clusters of independent variables are potentially responsible for the distinctive nature of Arab conflict resolution. Firstly, those linked with Arab political regimes and imperatives, and secondly those linked with Arab and /or Islamic culture. The text also focuses on the Arab League and its history of involvement in crisis and conflict situations, along with the roles of individual leaders, emissaries and extra-regional actors such as IGOs (Inter-Governmental Organisations) in undertaking mediation initiatives. IGO and Arab League activity has taken on new importance since the various intervention attempts in connection with the 'Arab Spring' since 2011. During the negotiation process, most Arab regimes tend to view conflicts within a broad historical context and Islamic culture prioritises the cohesion of the community and internal stability of the state over individual autonomy. This has created an authoritarian style of leadership, and in practice, leaders in the Middle East have had near absolute authority in the decision-making process—a fact which will have a lot of weight in conflict management and whether peace will endure for a long period of time. This book is unique in studying these clusters through comparative systematic case study analysis of events prior to and subsequent to the 'Arab Spring', augmented by a quantitative analysis of sample data on Arab disputes, compiled from a larger and newly augmented study comprising the years 1945-2000. Complementary data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s (UCDP) data base of armed conflicts since 1975 is also utilized. This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace and conflict studies, Middle Eastern politics and IR in general.

Author : J. Patrick Williams
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529218633

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Interpreting Subcultures by J. Patrick Williams Pdf

The concept of ’subculture’ is an invaluable tool to frame the study of non-normative and marginal cultures for social and cultural scholars. This international collection uncovers the significance of meaning-making in the processes of defining, studying and analyzing subcultural phenomena. Examining various dimensions of interpretivism, the book focuses on overarching concerns related to interpretation as well as day-to-day considerations that affect researchers’ and members’ interpretations of subcultural phenomena. It reveals how and why people use specific conceptual frames or methods and how those shape their interpretations of everyday realities. This is an unprecedented contribution to the field, explaining the interpretive processes through which people make sense of subcultural phenomena.

Author : Nathan C. Funk,Meena Sharify-Funk
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031139055

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Abdul Aziz Said: A Pioneer in Peace, Intercultural Dialogue, and Cooperative Global Politics by Nathan C. Funk,Meena Sharify-Funk Pdf

Known to many as American University’s “peace legend,” Abdul Aziz Said (1930–2021)led an academic career spanning nearly sixty years. Always a forward-looking thinker,Said consistently sought to be among the first to grapple with the leading-edge issues ofhis day, from decolonization and turbulent social change in developing countries to theinfluence of multinational corporations, the normative priority of human rights, culturalaspects of conflict resolution, and the promotion of Islamic-Western understanding.Taken together, his extensive writings, innovative pedagogy, and practical pursuits offera model for engaged scholarship, characterized by dynamic use of the platform providedby a university career to advance international peace, intercultural dialogue, and socialjustice as well as a spiritual ethic emphasizing unity and connectedness among peoplefrom diverse cultural, religious, and racial backgrounds. • Abdul Aziz Said has been an innovator in international relations and peacestudies;• Born in Syria, he completed his higher education in the United States and wenton to teach multiple generations of international affairs students;• He was a leading scholar focusing on global peace as well as Islam and peace;• His writings address salient global issues from the 1950s to the first decades ofthe twenty-first century./div

Author : Bart van der Steen,Thierry P.F. Verburgh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030419097

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Researching Subcultures, Myth and Memory by Bart van der Steen,Thierry P.F. Verburgh Pdf

This book brings together contributions that analyse how subcultural myths develop and how they can be studied. Through critical engagement with (history) writing and other sources on subcultures by contemporaries, veterans, popular media and researchers, it aims to establish: how stories and histories of subcultures emerge and become canonized through the process of mythification; which developments and actors are crucial in this process; and finally how researchers like historians, sociologists, and anthropologists should deal with these myths and myth-making processes. By considering these issues and questions in relation to mythmaking, this book provides new insights on how to research the identity, history, and cultural memory of youth subcultures.

Author : Tarik Sabry,Joe F. Khalil
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781786725424

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Culture, Time and Publics in the Arab World by Tarik Sabry,Joe F. Khalil Pdf

In this revealing new study, Tarik Sabry and Joe Khalil preside over an original new exploration of Arab culture. They employ subjects as varied as anthropology, media studies, philosophy, political economy and cultural studies to illuminate the relationship between culture, time and publics in an Arab context, whilst also laying the foundations for a much more nuanced picture of Arab society. The diverse themes and locations explored include communities at borders, in rural and urban locations, Syrian drama audiences, Egyptian, Saudi and Tunisian artists and activists and historical and contemporary Arab intellectuals. This fresh empirical research and interdisciplinary analysis illuminate intricate experiences that transcend local, national and religious boundaries and expose how Arab publics combine the media and technology to create a rich experience that shapes their collective imagination and social structure. Providing a grounded orientation to key debates on time and what can be defined as public in modern Arab cultures, Sabry and Khalil address teachers, students and those concerned about the delicate structures that underpin the upheavals of the modern Arab world.

Author : Dima Issa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780755641772

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Fairouz and the Arab Diaspora by Dima Issa Pdf

With a discography of over 1000 songs, 20 musicals and three motion pictures, the Lebanese singer and performer, Fairouz, is an artist of pan-Arab appeal, who has connected with listeners from diverse backgrounds and geographies for over four often tumultuous decades. In this book, Dima Issa explores the role of Fairouz's music in creating a sense of Arab identity amidst changing political, economic context. Based on two years of research including 60 interviews, it takes an ethnographic approach, focussing on audience reception of Fairouz's music among the Arab diasporas of London and Doha. It shows that for discussants, talking about Fairouz meant discussing diasporic life, bringing to the surface notions of Arabness and authenticity, presence and absence, naturalization and citizenship, and the issue of gender. Conversations with the research respondents shed light on the idea of iltizam (commitment), or how members of the Arab diaspora hold on to attributes that they feel define and differentiate them from others.

Author : Majid Al Haj,Rosemarie Mielke
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 1845451953

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Cultural Diversity and the Empowerment of Minorities by Majid Al Haj,Rosemarie Mielke Pdf

Conflicts between different racial, ethnic, national and other social groups are becoming more and more salient. One of the main sources of these internal conflicts is social and economic inequality, in particular the increasing disparities between majority and minority groups. Even societies that had been successful in dealing with external conflicts and making the transition from war to peace have realized that this does not automatically resolve internal conflicts. On the contrary, the resolution of external conflicts may even sharpen the internal ones. This volume, a joint publication of the University of Haifa and the International Center for Graduate Studies (ICGS) at the University of Hamburg, addresses questions of how to deal with internal issues of social inequality and cultural diversity and, at the same time, how to build a shared civility among their different national, ethnic, religious and social groups.

Author : Mohammed Abdul Qadeer
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442630161

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Multicultural Cities by Mohammed Abdul Qadeer Pdf

What defines a multicultural city? Policy? Geography? Demography? In Multicultural Cities, Mohammad Abdul Qadeer offers a tour of three of North America’s premier multicultural metropolises – Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles – that demonstrates the critical qualities that make these cities multicultural. Guided by the perspective that multiculturalism is the combination of cultural diversity with a common ground of values and institutions, Qadeer examines the social geography, economy, and everyday life of each metropolitan area. His analysis spans the divide between Canada, where multiculturalism is official government policy, and the United States, where it is not. A comprehensive investigation of how some of today’s leading majority-minority cities thrive, written by a keen observer of North American urban life, Multicultural Cities is an important complement to any discussion about how cities can and should accommodate diversity.

Author : Ross Haenfler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134547630

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Subcultures: The Basics by Ross Haenfler Pdf

Subcultures: The Basics is an accessible, engaging introduction to youth cultures in a global context. Blending theory and practice to examine a range of subcultural movements including hip hop in Japan, global graffiti writing crews, heavy metal in Europe and straight edge movements in the USA, this text answers the key questions posed by those new to the subject, including: What is a subculture? How do subcultures emerge, who participates and why? What is the relationship between deviance, resistance and the ‘mainstream’? How does society react to different subcultural movements? How has global media and virtual networking influenced subcultures? Is there a life ‘after’ subculture? Tracing the history and development of subcultures to the present day, with further reading and case studies throughout, this text is essential reading for all those studying youth culture in the contexts of sociology, cultural studies, media studies, anthropology and criminology.