LEADER 04138nam 22007932 450 001 9910815773003321 005 20151014132935.0 010 $a0-511-66997-6 010 $a0-511-73905-2 010 $a1-107-20937-4 010 $a1-282-48667-5 010 $a9786612486678 010 $a0-511-81425-9 010 $a0-511-67410-4 010 $a0-511-67529-1 010 $a0-511-67204-7 010 $a0-511-67076-1 010 $a0-511-67331-0 024 7 $a2027/heb31827 035 $a(CKB)2670000000009493 035 $a(EBL)487319 035 $a(OCoLC)609856553 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342174 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11277121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342174 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10284173 035 $a(PQKB)10969419 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511814259 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL487319 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10367210 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248667 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC487319 035 $a(dli)HEB31827 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012945966 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000009493 100 $a20101021d2010|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReality television and Arab politics $econtention in public life /$fMarwan M. Kraidy$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCommunication, society and politics 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-74904-2 311 $a0-521-76919-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-244 and index). 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aWhat does it mean to be modern outside the West? Based on a wealth of primary data collected over five years, Reality Television and Arab Politics analyzes how reality television stirred an explosive mix of religion, politics, and sexuality, fuelling heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender relations, and political participation in the Arab world. The controversies, Kraidy argues, are best understood as a social laboratory in which actors experiment with various forms of modernity, continuing a long-standing Arab preoccupation with specifying terms of engagement with Western modernity. Women and youth take center stage in this process. Against the backdrop of dramatic upheaval in the Middle East, this book challenges the notion of a monolithic 'Arab Street' and offers an original perspective on Arab media, shifting attention away from a narrow focus on al-Jazeera, toward a vibrant media sphere that compels broad popular engagement and contentious political performance. 410 0$aCommunication, society and politics. 517 3 $aReality Television & Arab Politics 606 $aReality television programs$zArab countries$xHistory and criticism 606 $aReality television programs$xPolitical aspects$zArab countries 606 $aTelevision viewers$zArab countries$xAttitudes 606 $aPublic opinion$zArab countries 615 0$aReality television programs$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aReality television programs$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aTelevision viewers$xAttitudes. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a791.45/6 700 $aKraidy$b Marwan M.$f1972-$0910164 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815773003321 996 $aReality television and Arab politics$92417793 997 $aUNINA