Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age
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Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age
By (Author) Tarek El-Ariss
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
11th February 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Media studies
Political control and freedoms
Human rights, civil rights
Ethical issues: censorship
320.9174927
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
How 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
Reviews
"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 Bio
Tarek 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.
