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The politics of love : sexuality, gender, and marriage in Syrian television drama
- Title
- The politics of love : sexuality, gender, and marriage in Syrian television drama / Rebecca Joubin.
- Author
- Joubin, Rebecca
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
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Details
- Description
- xix, 487 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the televisuality of Syrian popular culture -- The politics behind Syrian television drama -- Political parodies and embattled masculinity: prison and marriage marriage metaphors in contemporary tales of the late 1980s and 1990s -- Fighting the dictator within -- The development of the politics of qabadayat and the state in early historical fiction genre (1990s) -- Fantasy of the masculine hero: qabadayat fighting colonial power in the bi'a shamiyyeh (old Damascus) genre (2000 onward) -- Subordinate and subversive masculinities as political protest in bi'a Shamiyyeh historical tales -- Embattled masculinity in contemporary tales: the crisis of qabadayat -- On the trials of love and sexuality before marriage in contemporary tales -- Cultural deconstructions of femininity and self-identity in marriage in contemporary tales -- Afterward: drama preparation amidst an uprising: debates, challenges, and new directions.
- Call Number
- MWGS 14-1000
- ISBN
- 9780739184295 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0739184296 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780739184301 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013027024
- 40022992296
- OCLC
- 852830015
- Author
- Joubin, Rebecca, author.
- Title
- The politics of love : sexuality, gender, and marriage in Syrian television drama / Rebecca Joubin.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022992296
- Research Call Number
- MWGS 14-1000