Reality Television and Arab Politics

by Marwan M. Kraidy

Book Overview

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 relations, and political participation in the Arab world. The controversies, Kraidy argues, are best understood as a social laboratory in which actors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YZY7SU
• ISBN13: 9780521749046
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"