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The public sphere and satellite television in North Africa : gender, identity, critique /

The advent of satellite television and its adoption in the Maghreb brought about a profound social change. This book, which explores the relationships between the media and the public sphere, shows that the simple and quotidian act of watching satellite television as opposed to national television m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hadj-Moussa, Ratiba, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One; Framing; Diffusion and Appropriation; Law and "Raison d'État"; Revenge of the "Parabolés"; The Grace of the Parabolas; The Power of Small Things; Methodology: Sociology and Ethnography; Organization of the Book; Chapter Two; Banality and the Public Sphere; From the Megalopolitan Poor to Television Publics; Television Publics; On the Public; Conclusion; Chapter Three; The Question of Public and Private; Thinking Public-Private Linkages; The Houma; Television and the Houma; The Home, the Family, and the World
  • Gender Relations and the Truths of LanguagesTelevision, Women, and the Public Sphere; Conclusion; Chapter Four; National Belonging, Democratic Identification; Political Identities; "Customs and Traditions": The Heart of Culture?; Arabness; Variations ... ; Islamicities Across Time: Openings and Closures; The Month of Months: Ramadan, Nostalgia, and Globalized Islam; Identity: Past and Present; Conclusion; Chapter Five; Other Critique; On Distance; Passing Through Modernity: Generations of Critique; Confidence and Credibility; The "Flash" and Good Analysis; Visibility and Transparency
  • Comparison: Judging and ReasoningIntercrossing Perspectives on Satellite Television; All the Possibilities ... ; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index