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UNINA9910786052103321 |
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McLeod John <1969-> |
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Postcolonial London [[electronic resource] ] : Rewriting the Metropolis |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
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0-203-33554-6 |
1-134-28640-6 |
1-134-28641-4 |
1-280-05319-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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820.9/32421/09045 |
820.93242109045 |
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Authors, Commonwealth - Homes and haunts - England - London |
English literature - 20th century - History and cr |
English literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
English literature - England - London - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Postcolonial London: Rewriting the metropolis; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Locating postcolonial London; 1 Making a song and dance; 2 London, England; 3 Living room; 4 Babylon's burning; 5 Millennial currents; Coda: 'No fenky-fenky road'; Bibliography; Index |
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London's histories of migration and settlement and the resulting diverse, hybrid communities have engendered new forms of social and cultural activity reflected in a wealth of novels, poems, films and songs. Postcolonial London explores the imaginative transformation of the city by African, Asian, Caribbean and South Pacific writers since the 1950s. John McLeod engages freshly with the work of both well-known and emergent writers, including Sam Selvon, Doris Lessing, V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Colin MacInnes, Bernardine Evaristo, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Fred |
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UNINA9910781091403321 |
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Abu-Lughod Lila |
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Dramas of nationhood [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of television in Egypt / / Lila Abu-Lughod ; with a foreword by Anthony T. Carter |
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Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, c2005 |
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1-282-42606-0 |
9786612426063 |
0-226-00198-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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The Lewis Henry Morgan lectures ; ; 2001 |
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Television broadcasting - Social aspects - Egypt |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-302) and index. |
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Anthropology and national media -- National pedagogy -- The eroding hegemony of developmentalism. |
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How do people come to think of themselves as part of a nation? Dramas of Nationhood identifies a fantastic cultural form that binds together the Egyptian nation-television serials. These melodramatic programs-like soap operas but more closely tied to political and social issues than their Western counterparts-have been shown on television in Egypt for more than thirty years. In this book, Lila Abu-Lughod examines the shifting politics of these serials and the way their contents both reflect and seek to direct the changing course of Islam, gender relations, and everyday life in this Middle Eastern nation. Representing a decade's worth of research, Dramas of Nationhood makes a case for the importance of studying television to answer larger questions about culture, power, and modern self-fashionings. Abu-Lughod explores the elements of developmentalist ideology and the visions of national progress that once dominated Egyptian television-now experiencing a crisis. She discusses the broadcasts in rich detail, from the generic emotional qualities of TV serials and the depictions of authentic national culture, to the debates inflamed by their deliberate strategies for combating religious extremism. |
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