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Moroccan noir : police, crime, and politics in popular culture

Title
Moroccan noir : police, crime, and politics in popular culture / Jonathan Smolin.
Author
Smolin, Jonathan
Publication
  • Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Description
xvii, 285 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Uniform Title
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275) and index.
Contents
Introduction : state, mass media, and the new Moroccan authoritarianism -- Police on trial : the Tabit Affair, newspaper sensationalism, and the end of the Years of Lead -- "He butchered his wife because of witchcraft and adultery" : crime tabloids, moral panic and the remaking of the Moroccan cop -- Crime-page fiction : Moroccan true crime and the new independent press -- Prime-time cops : blurring police fact and fiction on Moroccan television -- The Moroccan "serial killer" and CSI : Casablanca -- From Morocco's 9/11 to community policing : state advertising and the new citizen -- Epilogue : "the police are at the service of the people."
Call Number
JFE 14-2581
ISBN
  • 9780253010575 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253010578 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780253010650 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253010659 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 025301073X (e-book)
  • 9780253010735 (e-book)
  • 9780253010735 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2013019514
OCLC
830946901
Author
Smolin, Jonathan, author.
Title
Moroccan noir : police, crime, and politics in popular culture / Jonathan Smolin.
Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-2581
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