The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture

Herausgeber: Reynolds, Dwight F.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This in-depth survey provides an accessible account of modern Arab culture. Bringing together essays from leading international scholars, it covers many rarely explored topics, including poetry, narrative, theatre, cinema and television, art, architecture, humour, folklore, and food, and corrects negative stereotypes about the modern Arab world.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Culture
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9780521725330
• ISBN-10: 052172533X
• Artikelnr.: 41644298

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
Modern Arab culture: introductory remarks Dwight F. Reynolds
1. The question of language Kristen Brustad
2. Religious and ethnic minorities Andrew D. Magnusson
3. Nahda: the Arab project of enlightenment Yoav Di-Capua
4. Law Joseph E. Lowry
5. Poetry Shawkat M. Toorawa
6. Narrative Mushin Al-Musawi
7. Music Scott Marcus
8. Cinema and television Andrew Hammond
9. Theatre Dina Amin
10. Art Nuha N. N. Khoury
11. Architecture Nasser Rabbat
12. Humour Devin Stewart
13. Folklore Dwight F. Reynolds
14. Food and cuisine Juan E. Campo and Magda Campo
15. Migration and diaspora Christina Civantos
Glossary
Guide to further reading
Index.