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Pop culture Arab world! : media, arts, and lifestyle / Andrew Hammond.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Popular culture in the contemporary worldPublication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005.Description: xiv, 376 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1851094490 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1851094547 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306/.0917/4927 22
LOC classification:
  • DS36.88 .H357 2005
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Contents:
1. Overview : the Arab world today -- 2. Television and radio -- 3. The press -- 4. The cinema industry -- 5. Music and Arabpop -- 6. Theater -- 7. Popular religion -- 8. Belly dancing -- 9. Consumerism -- 10. Sport -- 11. The Arabic language.
Review: "Of interest to all those who wish to understand how popular culture works hand in hand with the politics of the Arab world, Pop Culture Arab World! is a concise but scholarly review of the history and controversies surrounding popular culture in the Arabic-speaking world. From the golden age of Egyptian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s to the impact of reality TV shows today this unique resource provides a refreshing antidote to the stereotypical image of Arabs."--BOOK JACKET.
Item type: Reference
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library REF/306.0917/HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844400127706

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-345) and index.

1. Overview : the Arab world today -- 2. Television and radio -- 3. The press -- 4. The cinema industry -- 5. Music and Arabpop -- 6. Theater -- 7. Popular religion -- 8. Belly dancing -- 9. Consumerism -- 10. Sport -- 11. The Arabic language.

"Of interest to all those who wish to understand how popular culture works hand in hand with the politics of the Arab world, Pop Culture Arab World! is a concise but scholarly review of the history and controversies surrounding popular culture in the Arabic-speaking world. From the golden age of Egyptian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s to the impact of reality TV shows today this unique resource provides a refreshing antidote to the stereotypical image of Arabs."--BOOK JACKET.

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