Reality television and Arab politics : contention in public life / Marwan M. Kraidy.

Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

xvi, 252 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm.

Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera -- Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers -- Voting Islam off the island? Big brother in Bahrain -- The Saudi-Lebanese connection -- Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia -- Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm -- A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war -- The "new Middle East"? Reality television and the "independence Intifada" -- Conclusion: performing politics, taming modernity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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