Mass Culture, Popular Culture, And Social Life In The Middle East

Name: Mass Culture, Popular Culture, And Social Life In The Middle East
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The papers in this collection have a common theme in the question of modernity and mass culture. Two papers, those by Chaney and Featherstone respectively, discuss aspects of this theme in a general, global context, all the others are concerned more specifically with the regional context of the Middle East. > The papers in this collection have a common theme in the question of modernity and mass culture. Two papers, those by Chaney and Featherstone respectively, discuss aspects of this theme in a general, global context, all the others are concerned more specifically with the regional context of the Middle East. All the articles in this collection were > Introduction -- Mass Culture: General Perspectives -- Consumer Culture, Symbolic Power and Universalism -- Sport as a Form of Mass Entertainment -- Local Communities and Mass Culture -- Consommation et d\u00E9calages culturels en Egypte -- Features of Islam and Popular Culture -- Components of Popular Culture in the Middle East.