Arab cultural studies
Subtitle: mapping the field
By: edited by Tarik Sabry
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781848855588; 9781848855595
Subjects: Politics and government; Social life and customs; Arab Civilization; Study and teaching; Mass media; History
Description: "With the execution of the Abbasid caliph in Al-Musta'sim in 1258, Sunni authority and legitimacy in Baghdad began to disintegrate, and the recently established Delhi Sultanate became a new focus for the development of Muslim societies amidst a global shift in Islamic authority. Here Blain Auer investigates the ways three historians living in India during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Minhaj Siraj Juzjani, Ziya' al-Din Barani and al-Din Siraj 'Afif, narrated the religious values of Muslim sovereigns through the process of history writing. Aiding the project of empire building, these historians and intellectuals drew up an idea of an Islamic heritage that invented and reinterpreted conceptions of a historically rooted Muslim authority. With fresh insights on the intersections between religion, politics and historiography, this book will be indispensable for all those interested in Islamic studies, history, religion, politics and South Asia."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction Arab Cultural Studies: Between `Reterritorialisation' and `Deterritorialisation' / Tarik Sabry; title: ch. 2 History in Arab Media Studies: A Speculative Cultural History / Walter Armbrust; title: ch. 3 Arab Media Studies Between the Legacy of a Thin Discipline and the Promise of New Cultural Pathways / Mohamed Zayani; title: ch. 4 Cultural Studies in Arab World Academic Communication Programmes: The Battle for Survival / Muhammad Ayish; title: ch. 5 In Search of the Great Absence: Cultural Studies in Arab Universities / Riadh Ferjani; title: ch. 6 Rethinking the Arab State and Culture: Preliminary Thoughts / Dina Matar; title: ch. 7 The Necessary Politics of Palestinian Cultural Studies / Helga Tawil-Souri; title: ch. 8 Rethinking Gender Studies: Towards an Arab Feminist Epistemology / Layal Ftouni; title: ch. 9 Disarticulating Arab Popular Culture: The Case of Egyptian Comedies / Iman Hamam; title: Contents note continued: ch. 10 Placing Political Economy in Relation to Cultural Studies: Reflections on the Case of Cinema in Saudi Arabia / Naomi Sakr; title: ch. 11 The Saudi Modernity Wars According to `Abdullah Al-Ghathami: A Template for the Study of Arab Culture and Media / Marwan M. Kraidy; title: ch. 12 Cultural Criticism: Theory and Method / Abdullah Al-Ghathami; title: ch. 13 Language as Culture: The Question of Arabic / Atef Alshaer; title: ch. 14 Internationalising a Media Studies Degree in Arab Higher Education: A Case Study Arising from an Agreement Between New Zealand and Oman / Rosser Johnson.