Reality television and Arab politics : contention in public life

Reality television and Arab politics : contention in public life / Marwan M. Kraidy.

What does it mean to be modern outside the West? Based on a wealth of primary data collected over five years, Reality Television and Arab Politics analyzes how reality television stirred an explosive mix of religion, politics, and sexuality, fueling heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kraidy, Marwan M., 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Communication, society, and politics.
Subjects:
Reality television programs > Arab countries > History and criticism.
Reality television programs > Political aspects > Arab countries.
Television viewers > Arab countries > Attitudes.
Public opinion > Arab countries.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > Reference.
Public opinion
Reality television programs
Reality television programs > Political aspects
Television viewers > Attitudes
Reality-TV
Television > politiska aspekter > Arabländerna.
Arab countries
Arabische Staaten
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera
  • Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers
  • Voting Islam off the island? Big brother in Bahrain
  • The Saudi-Lebanese connection
  • Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia
  • Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm
  • A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war
  • The "new Middle East"? Reality television and the "independence Intifada"
  • Conclusion: performing politics, taming modernity.

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