TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hammond,Andrew
TI  - Popular culture Arab world!: arts, politics, and the media 
SN  - 9789774160547
U1  - 306.09174927 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - ABC-CLIO
KW  - Civilization, Arab
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Mass media
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-345) and index; 1. Culture and politics in the Arab World Today - 2. The Arabic language: the key to Arab identity - 3. Popular religion: where 1,001 ialams converge - 4. Arab consumer culture: the packaging of people and places - 5. Arab cinema and the dream of modernization - 6. From umm kalthum to arabpop - 7. The belly dance: a reinvented Arab groove - 8. Television: from media mobilization to satellite revolution - 9. The trials and tribulations of the Arabic press - 10. Arab theater: the struggle for high culture - Appendix 1: Religious figures - Appendix 2: Arabic press - Appendix 3: Chronology of cultural and political events - Index
ER  -