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Consumerist Orientalism: The Convergence of Arab and American Popular Culture in the Age of Global Capitalism

Consumerist Orientalism: The Convergence of Arab and American Popular Culture in the Age of Global Capitalism

Booker, M. Keith
Daraiseh, Isra

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Literary CriticismGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1838600671
ISBN13: 9781838600679
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Oct 17 2019
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
In a postmodern world of globalised capital, how does the concept of Orientalism inform understandings of cultural exchange? In this detailed and wide-ranging examination, Arab popular culture is explored in its relation to American culture and capitalism. Offering new insights on Edward Said's longstanding theoretical lens, Consumerist Orientalism presents an updated conceptual framework through which to understand the intercultural relationship between East and West, exploring a wide range of cultural production; from an Oscar-nominated Jordanian film to Turkish-Arab soap operas and Arab-diaspora rap. Drawing on key contemporary critical thinkers and in-depth cultural analysis, the relationship between capitalism, postmodernism and Orientalism is explored with fresh insights, making this essential reading for students of Middle Eastern culture, globalisation and postcolonial studies.

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