Reality TV and multiple Arab modernities: A theoretical exploration

Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-59

  Kraidy, Marwan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab world; Hybridity; Modernity; Politics; Reality television

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449233578     PISSN: 18739857     EISSN: 18739865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187398608X317414     Document Type: Article

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