The Arab Nahda as popular entertainment : mass culture and modernity in the Middle East

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction: The Nahda and Popular Entertainment -- Part I: LEISURE &amp -- MORALITY -- Chapter 1: Proper Fun? Struggles over Popular Entertainment in Lat...

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Weitere Verfasser: Auji, Hala (HerausgeberIn), Cormack, Raphael (HerausgeberIn), Mahmoud, Alaaeldin (HerausgeberIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : I.B. Tauris, 2024
Schlagworte:Civilization, Arab
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (x, 246 Seiten)
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Zusammenfassung:Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction: The Nahda and Popular Entertainment -- Part I: LEISURE &amp -- MORALITY -- Chapter 1: Proper Fun? Struggles over Popular Entertainment in Late Ottoman Damascus (1875-1914) -- Chapter 2: Immoral Enlightenment: Media and Moral Anxiety in the Late Nahda -- Chapter 3: Nocturnal Baghdad: Nightclubs and Popular Entertainment -- Part II: PERFORMANCE &amp -- SPECTACLE -- Chapter 4: Female Performers in Beirut (1900-1930s): Agents and Metaphors of Social Change -- Chapter 5: Andalusi Music as Cultural Renaissance in Twentieth-Century North Africa -- Chapter 6: On the Road: Sulayman al-Qardahi and the Traveling Theatrical Troupes of the Nahda -- Part III: MEDIA &amp -- THE IMAGINARY -- Chapter 7: Incredible Prints: The Intersection of Knowledge and Entertainment in Journal Illustrations -- Chapter 8: Egyptomaniac Egyptians? Ancient Egypt in the Popular Literary Imaginary in Twentieth-Century Egypt -- Chapter 9: The Early Egyptian Film Industry and the Formation of Nationality: Studying Muhammad Karim's Zaynab as a Vision of Modern Standards -- Contributors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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ISBN:9780755647415
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9780755647408
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