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OverviewHow digital media are transforming Arab culture, literature, and politics In recent years, Arab activists have confronted authoritarian regimes both on the street and online, leaking videos and exposing atrocities, and demanding political rights. Tarek El-Ariss situates these critiques of power within a pervasive culture of scandal and leaks and Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tarek El-ArissPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 40 ISBN: 9780691181936ISBN 10: 0691181934 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 04 December 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsBold and exciting. -Emily Apter, author of Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability Through riveting examples ranging from anonymous hackers targeting the Lebanese government to renegade Saudi Twitter users, El-Ariss provides a compelling look at the links between contemporary Arabic literary production and the culture of scandal. Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals is required reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Arab culture in the digital age. -Brian T. Edwards, author of After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals is a truly significant book, combining cutting-edge research on digital media in the Arab world with insights into classical Arabic literature. El-Ariss's topic could not be more important. -Ellen Anne McLarney, author of Soft Force: Women in Egypt's Islamic Awakening In this pioneering and vitally important book, El-Ariss confronts readers with a new digital reality in which accepted norms of reception and evaluation are challenged, parodied, or abandoned. In their place, the culture of leaks and hacks prevails. The implications of his findings extend far beyond the context of the Arabic-speaking world. -Roger Allen, professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania Bold and exciting. --Emily Apter, author of Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability Through riveting examples ranging from anonymous hackers targeting the Lebanese government to renegade Saudi Twitter users, El-Ariss provides a compelling look at the links between contemporary Arabic literary production and the culture of scandal. Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals is required reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Arab culture in the digital age. --Brian T. Edwards, author of After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals is a truly significant book, combining cutting-edge research on digital media in the Arab world with insights into classical Arabic literature. El-Ariss's topic could not be more important. --Ellen Anne McLarney, author of Soft Force: Women in Egypt's Islamic Awakening In this pioneering and vitally important book, El-Ariss confronts readers with a new digital reality in which accepted norms of reception and evaluation are challenged, parodied, or abandoned. In their place, the culture of leaks and hacks prevails. The implications of his findings extend far beyond the context of the Arabic-speaking world. --Roger Allen, professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania Shortlisted for the ASAP Book Prize, Association for the Arts of the Present A bold effort to redefine Arab literary and cultural studies in the contexts of social media and the digital information age . . . . . provocative and ultimately sublime. ---Joel Gordon, Critical Inquiry Author InformationTarek El-Ariss is professor and chair of Middle Eastern studies at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political and the editor of The Arab Renaissance: A Bilingual Anthology of the Nahda. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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