Popular Culture In The Middle East And North Africa

Author : Walid El Hamamsy,Mounira Soliman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136228070

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Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa by Walid El Hamamsy,Mounira Soliman Pdf

This book explores the body and the production process of popular culture in, and on, the Middle East and North Africa, Turkey, and Iran in the first decade of the 21st century, and up to the current historical moment. Essays consider gender, racial, political, and cultural issues in film, cartoons, music, dance, photo-tattoos, graphic novels, fiction, and advertisements. Contributors to the volume span an array of specializations ranging across literary, postcolonial, gender, media, and Middle Eastern studies and contextualize their views within a larger historical and political moment, analyzing the emergence of a popular expression in the Middle East and North Africa region in recent years, and drawing conclusions pertaining to the direction of popular culture within a geopolitical context. The importance of this book lies in presenting a fresh perspective on popular culture, combining media that are not often combined and offering a topical examination of recent popular production, aiming to counter stereotypical representations of Islamophobia and otherness by bringing together the perspectives of scholars from different cultural backgrounds and disciplines. The collection shows that popular culture can effect changes and alter perceptions and stereotypes, constituting an area where people of different ethnicities, genders, and orientations can find common grounds for expression and connection.

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440833847

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Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East by Andrew Hammond Pdf

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.

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9774160541

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Popular Culture in the Arab World by Andrew Hammond Pdf

This volume explores Arab cultural life since World War II. Chapters cover topics such as radio/TV, the press, cinema, music, theatre, popular religion, belly dance, western consumerism, sport and the Arabic language.

Author : Laudan Nooshin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317092285

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Music and the Play of Power in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia by Laudan Nooshin Pdf

What is it about the history, geographical position and cultures of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia that has made music such a potent and powerful agent? This volume presents the first direct look at the complex relationship between music and power across a range of musical genres and countries. Discourses of power in the region centre on some of the most contested social issues, most notably in relation to nationhood, gender and religion. Individual chapters examine the ways in which music serves as a forum for playing out issues of power, ideology, resistance and subversion. How does music become a space for promoting - or conversely, resisting or subverting - particular ideologies or positions of authority? How does it accrue symbolic power in ways that are very particular, perhaps unique? And how does music become a site of social control or, alternatively, a vehicle for agency and empowerment, at times overt and at others highly subtle? What is it about music that facilitates, and sometimes disrupts, the exercise and flows of power? Who controls such flows, how and for what purposes? In asking such questions in the context of countries such as Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Tunisia and Tajikistan, the book draws on a wide range of relevant theoretical and critical ideas, and many disciplines including ethnomusicology, anthropology, sociology, politics, Middle Eastern studies, globalization studies, gender studies and cultural and media studies. The countries and areas explored share a great deal in historical and cultural terms, including a legacy of colonial and neo-colonial encounters and predominantly Judeo-Muslim religious traditions. It is hoped that the volume will contribute ultimately to a richer understanding of the role that music plays in these societies.

Author : Georg Stauth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429709807

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Mass Culture, Popular Culture, And Social Life In The Middle East by Georg Stauth Pdf

The papers in this collection have a common theme in the question of modernity and mass culture. Two papers, those by Chaney and Featherstone respectively, discuss aspects of this theme in a general, global context, all the others are concerned more specifically with the regional context of the Middle East. All the articles in this collection were

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781851094547

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Pop Culture Arab World! by Andrew Hammond Pdf

The first book to explore how Arab pop culture has succeeded in helping forge a pan-Arab identity, where Arab nationalism has failed. Pop Culture Arab World! is the first volume to explore the full scope of Arab cultural life since World War II. The book reveals a homogeneous yet richly diverse culture across the Arab nations. In-depth chapters feature radio/TV (particularly the satellite revolution, which has fostered a shared Arab identity), the press (vibrant and controversial), cinema (once thriving, now in crisis), music (the beating heart of modern Arabness), theater (a largely assimilated Western import), popular religion, belly dance (originating in the Arab world), Western consumerism, sport, and the Arabic language (for Muslims, the tongue of God's final revelation). At a time when almost all we see of the Middle East is violence, oppressive nationalism, dangerous zealotry, and despair, this book is a vivid reminder of the humanity of the region's diverse people.

Author : Monia Hejaiej
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 9973951085

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa by Monia Hejaiej Pdf

Author : Jonathan Smolin
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253010735

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Moroccan Noir by Jonathan Smolin Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780755647415

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The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment by Anonim Pdf

What was popular entertainment like for everyday Arab societies in Middle Eastern cities during the long nineteenth century? In what ways did café culture, theatre, illustrated periodicals, cinema, cabarets, and festivals serve as key forms of popular entertainment for Arabic-speaking audiences, many of whom were uneducated and striving to contend with modernity's anxiety-inducing realities? Studies on the 19th to mid-20th century's transformative cultural movement known as the Arab nahda (renaissance), have largely focussed on concerns with nationalism, secularism, and language, often told from the perspective of privileged groups. Highlighting overlooked aspects of this movement, this book shifts the focus away from elite circles to quotidian audiences. Its ten contributions range in scope, from music and visual media to theatre and popular fiction. Paying special attention to networks of movement and exchange across Arab societies in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Morocco, this book heeds the call for 'translocal/transnational' cultural histories, while contributing to timely global studies on gender, sexuality, and morality. Focusing on the often-marginalized frequenters of cafés, artist studios, cinemas, nightclubs, and the streets, it expands the remit of who participated in the nahda and how they did.

Author : Miriam Coleman
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781725321700

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Life and Culture in Southwest Asia and North Africa by Miriam Coleman Pdf

Spread between two continents but sharing many of the same geographic challenges, the peoples and cultures of Southwest Asia and North Africa are both similar and different in striking ways. This region, which includes Morocco, Libya, and Egypt, is also known as the Middle East. It has given birth to ancient civilizations, unique legends, and some of the modern world's most distinct traditions and practices. As this informative narrative takes readers on a cultural journey, full-color images will help them put faces to the people, places, and history featured within.

Author : Sherine Hafez,Susan Slyomovics
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253007612

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Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa by Sherine Hafez,Susan Slyomovics Pdf

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.

Author : Ilan Pappé
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0415214092

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The Modern Middle East by Ilan Pappé Pdf

The Gulf states. Two introductory chapters on political and economic history set the broader context. The main text focuses on the experience of everyday people from Ottoman and colonial times through the present. Rural and urban history, popular culture, music, literature, theatre and other media, women, and the many faces of Islam are the chapter topics. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004444973

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Middle East and North Africa by Anonim Pdf

Middle East and North Africa: Climate, Culture, and Conflicts – too hot to handle? The volume offers an account of ideas, historical case studies and current debates on climate change and its consequences from perspectives of eco-theology, archeology, history, geography, political science and technology.

Author : International Conference on Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa,Ǧamʿīyat al-Aẖawaīn,University of Oxford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 9954108289

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Proceedings of the fourth International Conference on Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa : conference organized with Oxford University, 5 - 7 April 2006 by International Conference on Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa,Ǧamʿīyat al-Aẖawaīn,University of Oxford Pdf

"From April 5 to 7, 2006 Al Akhawayn University held the 4th International conference on popular culture in the Middle East and North Africa: public spaces, mass media, and mass consumption in conjunction with Oxford University. The conference brought together a wide range of academics and researchers from morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Israel, France, Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States and covered topics as wide as rap music, popular religion, gender and language use, and Juha stories... The conference at Al Akhawayn University gave researchers from the fields of architecture, archeology, anthropology, linguistics, and literature a forum to not only present on their work, but to interact, question, and expand their interests and knowledge. Perhaps because of where the conference was held [Morocco] the majority of papers presented focused on North Africa and the largest number on topics related to popular religious practices... This volume of the conference proceedings includes only a small number of the papers presented during the conference. Some of the papers have been committed to publication elsewhere or final copies were not submitted by the authors." -- from Introduction (p. 9-10).

Author : Dominique Casajus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Popular culture
ISBN : OCLC:1286629318

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On the notion of popular culture in the Middle East by Dominique Casajus Pdf