How do people come to think of themselves as part of a nation?
"Dramas of Nationhood" identifies a fantastic cultural form that
binds together the Egyptian nation--television serials. These
melodramatic programs--like soap operas but more closely tied to
political and social issues than their Western counterparts--have
been shown on television in Egypt for more than thirty years. In
this book, Lila Abu-Lughod examines the shifting politics of these
serials and the way their contents both reflect and seek to direct
the changing course of Islam, gender relations, and everyday life
in this Middle Eastern nation.
Representing a decade's worth of research, "Dramas of Nationhood"
makes a case for the importance of studying television to answer
larger questions about culture, power, and modern self-fashionings.
Abu-Lughod explores the elements of developmentalist ideology and
the visions of national progress that once dominated Egyptian
television--now experiencing a crisis. She discusses the broadcasts
in rich detail, from the generic emotional qualities of TV serials
and the depictions of authentic national culture, to the debates
inflamed by their deliberate strategies for combating religious
extremism.
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