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Women and media in the Middle East: power through self-expression

By Naomi Sakr

Book information

Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Year
2004
ISBN
1850435456, 9781850435457, 1850434859, 9781850434856
LCC
P94.5.W652 M53 2004
Google Books ID
UUQn4yXEtaIC
Open Library ID
OL22604309M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5902979 bytes)
Series
Library of modern Middle East studies 41
Pages
257\257
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Is today's changing media landscape in the Middle East empowering women? This is the first book to address the dynamics of media ecology and women's advancement in the contemporary Middle East. The book spans a wide period, crosses the region and the media forms, from Iran's women's press, via Maghrebi women filmmakers and Egyptian political films, to Palestinian TV and Hezbollah's television station, Al-Manar. It takes as its starting point the diverse experiences and multi-layered identities of women and treats media institutions and practices as part of wider power relations in society. By analyzing media production, consumption and texts, it reveals where and how gender boundaries have been established or crossed.

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