Popular culture in the Arab world : arts, politics, and the media

Popular culture in the Arab world : arts, politics, and the media / Andrew Hammond.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hammond, Andrew, 1970-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Civilization, Arab > 21st century. Popular culture > Arab countries. Mass media > Arab countries.

Table of Contents:

Culture and politics in the Arab world today
The Arabic language : the key to Arab identity
Popular religion : where 1001 Islams converge
Arab consumer culture : the packaging of people and places
Arab cinema and the dream of modernization
From Umm Kalthum to Arabpop
The belly dance : a reinvented Arab groove
Television : from media mobilization to satellite revolution
The trials and tribulations of the Arabic press
Arab theater : the struggle for high culture.