The Cambridge companion to Modern Arab Culture /

The Cambridge companion to Modern Arab Culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge companions to culture Cambridge companions to culture.
Subject:	Civilization, Arab -- 19th century. Civilization, Arab -- 20th century. Civilization, Arab -- 21st century. Arab countries -- Intellectual life -- 21st century. Arab countries -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. Arab countries -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10781820

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Other authors / contributors:	Reynolds, Dwight Fletcher, 1956- editor.
ISBN:	9781139021708 (ebook) 9780521898072 (hardback) 9780521725330 (paperback)
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
Summary:	Dwight F. Reynolds brings together a collection of essays by leading international scholars to provide a comprehensive and accessible survey of modern Arab culture, from the early nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The chapters survey key issues necessary to any understanding of the modern Arab World: the role of the various forms of the Arabic language in modern culture and identity; the remarkable intellectual transformation undergone during the 'Nahda' or 'Arab Renaissance' of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the significant role played by ethnic and religious minorities, and the role of law and constitutions. Other chapters on poetry, narrative, theatre, cinema and television, art, architecture, humour, folklore, and food offer fresh perspectives and correct negative stereotypes that emerge from viewing Arab culture primarily through the lens of politics, terrorism, religion, and economics.
Other form:	Print version: 9780521898072

Table of Contents:

Modern Arab culture: introductory remarks / Dwight F. Reynolds
The question of language / Kristen Brustad
Religious and ethnic minorities / Andrew D. Magnusson
Nahda: the Arab project of enlightenment / Yoav Di-Capua
Law / Joseph E. Lowry
Poetry / Shawkat A. Toorawa
Narrative / Muhsin Al-Musawi
Music / Scott Marcus
Cinema and television / Andrew Hammond
Theater / Dina Amin
Art / Nuha N. N. Khoury
Architecture / Nasser Rabbat
Humor / Devin Stewart
Folklore / Dwight F. Reynolds
Food and cuisine / Juan E. and Magda Campo
Migration and diaspora / Christina Civantos.