Reality Television and Arab Politics : Contention in Public Life.

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Analyzes how reality television fuelled heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender relations, and political participation in the Middle East.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kraidy, Marwan M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Communication, society, and politics.
Temas:
Reality television programs > Arab countries > History and criticism.
Reality television programs > Political aspects > Arab countries.
Television viewers > Arab countries > Attitudes.
Public opinion > Arab countries.
Téléspectateurs > États arabes > Attitudes.
Opinion publique > États arabes.
Public opinion
Reality television programs
Reality television programs > Political aspects
Television viewers > Attitudes
Arab countries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Beyond al-Jazeera; CHAPTER ONE Screens of Contention: The Battle for Arab Viewers; CHAPTER TWO Voting Islam Off the Island? Big Brother in Bahrain; CHAPTER THREE The Saudi-Lebanese Connection; CHAPTER FOUR Contesting Reality: Star Academy and Islamic Authenticity in Saudi Arabia; CHAPTER FIVE Gendering Reality: Kuwait in the Eye of the Storm; CHAPTER SIX A Battle of Nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria Media War.
  • CHAPTER SEVEN The "New Middle East"? Reality Television and the "Independence Intifada"Conclusion: Performing Politics, Taming Modernity; List of Interviews; Further Readings; Bibliography; Index.

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