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  • Underground

    The Secret Life of Videocassettes in Iran

    af Blake Atwood ...
    Serier serie Infrastructures
    How Iranians forged a vibrant, informal video distribution infrastructure when their government banned all home video technology in 1983.In 1983, the Iranian government banned the personal use of home video technology. In Underground, Blake Atwood recounts how in response to the ban, technology enthusiasts, cinephiles, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens forged an illegal but complex underground ... Læs mere

    211,36 kr.

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    This anthology explores how ISIS used media and propaganda, shedding light on the characteristics, mission, and tactics of its messaging.From efficient instructions on how to kill civilians to horrifying videos of beheadings, no terrorist organization has more comprehensively weaponized social media than ISIS. Its strategic, multiplatformed campaign is so effective that it has ensured global news ... Læs mere

    84,61 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Syria from Reform to Revolt

    Volume 2: Culture, Society, and Religion

    Serier serie Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
    As Syria’s anti-authoritarian uprising and subsequent civil war have left the country in ruins, the need for understanding the nation’s complex political and cultural realities remains urgent. The second of a two-volume series, Syria from Reform to Revolt: Culture, Society, and Religion draws together closely observed, critical and historicized analyses, giving vital insights into Syrian society ... Læs mere

    206,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Iran Reframed

    Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic

    Serier serie Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
    An inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic.More than half of Iran's citizens were not alive at the time of the 1979 Revolution. Now entering its fifth decade in power, the Iranian regime faces the paradox of any successful revolution: how to transmit the commitments of its political project to the next generation. New media ... Læs mere

    200,44 kr.

  • Authoritarian Apprehensions

    Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria

    af Lisa Wedeen ...
    Serier serie Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
    If the Arab uprisings initially heralded the end of tyrannies and a move toward liberal democratic governments, their defeat not only marked a reversal but was of a piece with emerging forms of authoritarianism worldwide. In Authoritarian Apprehensions, Lisa Wedeen draws on her decades-long engagement with Syria to offer an erudite and compassionate analysis of this extraordinary rush of events ... Læs mere

    104,49 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4

    The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010

    af Hamid Naficy ...
    Hamid Naficy is one of the world's leading authorities on Iranian film, and A Social History of Iranian Cinema is his magnum opus. Covering the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first and addressing documentaries, popular genres, and art films, it explains Iran's peculiar cinematic production modes, as well as the role of cinema and media in shaping modernity and a modern national ... Læs mere

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  • Arab Youth

    Social Mobilisation in Times of Risk

    In 2011, Arab youth took to the streets in their thousands to demand their freedom. Although it is too early to speculate on the ultimate outcome of the uprisings, one auspicious feature stands out: they reveal the genesis of a new generation sparked by the desire for civil liberties, advocacy for human rights, and participatory democracy. This unique volume explores some of the antecedents of the ... Læs mere

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  • The Future of Palestine

    How Discrimination Hinders Change

    af Tamar Haddad ...
    The Future of Palestine: How Discrimination Hinders Change was inspired by the shocking “honor killing” of the author’s classmate and friend, Israa Ghrayeb. Her alleged crime? The simple act of going out, in broad daylight, with her fiancé and his sister—an act Ghrayeb’s cousin maintained was unacceptable in a conservative society. While Ghrayeb’s killers may be free, their manner of thinking is ... Læs mere

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  • Women of the Midan

    The Untold Stories of Egypt's Revolutionaries

    af Sherine Hafez ...
    An exploration of gender, the Arab Spring, and women's experiences of revolution, including firsthand accounts.In Women of the Midan, Sherine Hafez demonstrates how women were a central part of revolutionary process of the Arab Spring. Women not only protested in the streets of Cairo, they demanded democracy, social justice, and renegotiation of a variety of sociocultural structures. Women's ... Læs mere

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  • #iranelection

    Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of Online Life

    The protests following Iran's fraudulent 2009 Presidential election took the world by storm. As the Green Revolution gained protestors in the Iranian streets, #iranelection became the first long-trending international hashtag. Texts, images, videos, audio recordings, and links connected protestors on the ground and netizens online, all simultaneously transmitting and living a shared international ... Læs mere

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  • Muslim Fashion

    Contemporary Style Cultures

    af Reina Lewis ...
    In the shops of London's Oxford Street, girls wear patterned scarves over their hair as they cluster around makeup counters. Alongside them, hip twenty-somethings style their head-wraps in high black topknots to match their black boot-cut trousers. Participating in the world of popular mainstream fashion—often thought to be the domain of the West—these young Muslim women are part of an emergent ... Læs mere

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  • Arabs and Muslims in the Media

    Race and Representation after 9/11

    Serier serie Critical Cultural Communication
    After 9/11, there was an increase in both the incidence of hate crimes and government policies that targeted Arabs and Muslims and the proliferation of sympathetic portrayals of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media. Arabs and Muslims in the Media examines this paradox and investigates the increase of sympathetic images of “the enemy” during the War on Terror.Evelyn Alsultany explains that a new ... Læs mere

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