Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa - 9781138779334

Taylor & Francis

Part 1: Popular Culture and the Aesthetics of Political Resistance 1. Palestinian Rap: Against the Struggle Paradigm Ted Swedenburg 2. Music Sans Fronti\u00E8res? Documentaries on Hip Hop in the Holy Land and DIY Democracy Caroline Rooney 3. Rai: North Africa\u2019s Music of the Working Class John A. Shoup Part 2: Gender Politics, the Popular, Social Resistance 4. Masculinity and Fatherhood within a Lebanese Muslim Community: Assad Fouladkar\u2019s When Maryam Spoke Out Dalia Said Mostafa 5. Photo-Tattoo as Postmodern Veil: Photography and the Inscription of Subjectivity on the Female Body Walid El Khachab 6. Dancing Without My Body: Cultural Integration in the Middle East Nadra Majeed Assaf Part 3: Tradition and the Popular: New Forms and Trends 7. Satellite Piety: Contemporary TV Islamic Programs in Egypt Omaima Abou-Bakr 8. B\u00FC\u015Fra: The Veiled Protagonist of a Comic Serial Iren Ozgur 9. The Yacoubian Building and Its Sisters: Reflections on Readership and Written Culture in