Arab Cultural Studies : Mapping the Field.
Title:
Arab Cultural Studies : Mapping the Field.
Author:
Sabry, Tarik.
ISBN:
9780857730824
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Arab Cultural Studies: Between 'Reterritorialisation' and 'Deterritorialisation' -- Tarik Sabry -- 2. History in Arab Media Studies: A Speculative Cultural History -- Walter Armbrust -- 3. Arab Media Studies Between the Legacy of a Thin Discipline and the Promise of New Cultural Pathways -- Mohamed Zayani -- 4. Cultural Studies in Arab World Academic Communication Programmes: The Battle for Survival -- Muhammad Ayish -- 5. In Search of the Great Absence: Cultural Studies in Arab Universities -- Riadh Ferjani -- 6. Rethinking the Arab State and Culture: Preliminary Thoughts -- Dina Matar -- 7. The Necessary Politics of Palestinian Cultural Studies -- Helga Tawil-Souri -- 8. Rethinking Gender Studies: Towards an Arab Feminist Epistemology -- Layal Ftouni -- 9. Disarticulating Arab Popular Culture: The Case of Egyptian Comedies -- Iman Hamam -- 10. Placing Political Economy in Relation to Cultural Studies: Refl ections on the Case of Cinema in Saudi Arabia -- Naomi Sakr -- 11. The Saudi Modernity Wars According to 'Abdullah Al-Ghathami: A Template for the Study of Arab Culture and Media -- Marwan M. Kraidy -- 12. Cultural Criticism: Theory and Method -- Abdullah Al-Ghathami -- 13. Language as Culture: The Question of Arabic -- Atef Alshaer -- 14. Internationalising a Media Studies Degree in Arab Higher Education: A Case Study Arising from an Agreement Between New Zealand and Oman -- Susan O'Rourke and Rosser Johnson -- Index.
Abstract:
Arab Cultural Studies:Mapping the Field is the first attempt to explore ways of conceptualising and theorising the nascent field of Arab cultural studies. It reflects and engages in an interdisciplinary discussion on the different facets of Arab cultural studies, including gender, economy, epistemology, language, method, politics, literary and cultural criticism, institutionalization, popular culture, creativity and much more.The book presents a meta-narrative about how scholars have thus far thought and re-thought the field. It brings together prominent and emerging experts, writing from both Arab and Western academia, to engage with key complex, epistemic and methodological questions and to articulate in the meantime the new kinds of language and hermeneutics necessary for the appropriation of an historically conscious and coherent field of scientific enquiry into contemporary Arab media, culture and society.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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