Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures #46)

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2013

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
282 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781136228070
Related ISBNs:
9781138779334, 9780415509725, 9780203098653
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Taylor
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Mounira Soliman
Edited by:
Walid El Hamamsy

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