ISBN:
9780415521840
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XIII, 278 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Serie:
Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series 35
Serie:
Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series
DDC:
306.6/9709174927
Schlagwort(e):
Islamic fundamentalism
;
Islam
;
Islam 21st century
;
Islamic civilization
;
Islamic fundamentalism
;
Islam
;
Islam 21st century
;
Islamic civilization
;
Islam
;
Politischer Islam
;
Relation
;
Kultur
;
Einflussgröße
;
Kunst
;
Literatur
;
Massenmedien
;
Repräsentativität
;
Arabische Staaten
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Islam
;
Fundamentalismus
;
Rezeption
;
Araber
;
Kultur
;
Araber
;
Kultur
;
Islam
;
Fundamentalismus
Kurzfassung:
"Whereas most studies of Islamism focus on politics and religious ideology, this book analyses the ways in which Islamism in the Arab world has been defined, reflected, transmitted and contested in a range of creative and other cultural forms. It covers a range of contexts of production and reception, from the mid-twentieth century to the present, in Arabic, English and French, including fiction, autobiography, feature films, television series, television reportage, the press and new media"--
Kurzfassung:
"Whereas most studies of Islamism focus on politics and religious ideology, this book analyses the ways in which Islamism in the Arab world has been defined, reflected, transmitted and contested in a range of creative and other cultural forms. It covers a range of contexts of production and reception, from the mid-twentieth century to the present, in Arabic, English and French, including fiction, autobiography, feature films, television series, television reportage, the press and new media"--
Kurzfassung:
"Whereas most studies of Islamism focus on politics and religious ideology, this book analyses the ways in which Islamism in the Arab world is defined, reflected, transmitted and contested in a variety of creative and other cultural forms. It covers a range of contexts of production and reception, from the early twentieth century to the present, and with reference to cultural production in and/or about Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, the Gulf, Lebanon and Israel/Palestine. The material engaged with is produced in Arabic, English and French and includes fiction, autobiography, feature films, television series, television reportage, the press, rap music and video games. Throughout, the book highlights the multiple forms and contested interpretations of Islamism in the Arab world, exploring trends and tensions in the ways Islamism is represented to (primarily) Arab audiences and complicating simplistic perspectives on this phenomenon. The book considers repeated and idiosyncratic themes, modes of characterisation, motifs, structures of feeling and forms of engagement, in the context of an ongoing struggle for symbolic power in the region"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415521840/
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