Watching U.S. television from the Palestinian Street: The media, the state, and representational interventions

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-530

  Bishara, Amahl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Elections; Funeral; Journalism; Media; Palestinian Authority; Protest; Public sphere; The Arab street

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249160634     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2008.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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