TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salamandra,Christa
AU  - Halabi,Nour
AU  - سلمندرا، كريستا
TI  - Middle Eastern television drama: politics, aesthetics, practices 
T2  - Routledge studies in Middle East film and media
SN  - 9781032027845
AV  - PN1992.3.M628 M54 2023
U1  - 791.450956 23/eng/20230307
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Television programs
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Television in politics
N1  - Christa Salamandra is Professor of Anthropology at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "This monograph explores and investigates key issues facing Middle Eastern societies, including religion and sectarianism, history and collective memory, urban space and socioeconomic difference, policing and securitization, and gender relations. In the Middle East, television drama creators serve as public intellectuals who, with uncanny prescience, tell the world something. As this volume demonstrates, fictional television provides a crucial space for social and political debate in much of the region. Writing from a range disciplines-anthropology, communication, folklore, gender studies, history, and law- contributors include seasoned academics who have dedicated their careers to researching Middle Eastern media and emerging scholars who build on earlier work and introduce fresh perspectives. Together, they provide an invaluable overview of Middle Eastern serial television and their political impact, drawing examples from Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Bringing together a diverse range of academic perspectives, this book will be of key interest to students and scholars in media and communication studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and popular culture studies"--
ER  -