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Reality TV and Multiple Arab Modernities: A Theoretical Exploration

Reality TV and Multiple Arab Modernities: A Theoretical Exploration © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI 10.1163/187398608X317414 Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 1 (2008) 49–59 www.brill.nl/mjcc MEJCC Reality T V and Multiple Arab Modernities: A Th eoretical Exploration Marwan M. Kraidy University of Pennsylvania Email: mkraidy@asc.upenn.edu Keywords Reality Television; Modernity; Arab World; Hybridity; Politics I Th e media have historically played a crucial role in Arab encounters with modernity. But in contradistinction to the early twentieth century—when newspapers in Ottoman cities like Aleppo witnessed an intense debate about modernity (Watenpaugh 2006)—and to the Saudi intellectual war over moder- nity from 1985 to 1995 (Al-Ghazzami 2005), Arab media today are not merely a platform for debating modernity: they are also an important catalyst for heated, broad-ranging and highly public discussions about modernity. Th e reality television polemics that raged over the last few years intensifi ed the struggle to defi ne what it means to be Arab and modern. Th ough reality TV stirred controversy in several countries, the upheaval in the Arab world was heated and all-encompassing, touching on political, economic, religious and socio-cultural issues. However, the distinct form the controversy took in each Arab country suggests that ‘there is not only one form of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication Brill

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Brill
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1873-9857
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1873-9865
DOI
10.1163/187398608X317414
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI 10.1163/187398608X317414 Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 1 (2008) 49–59 www.brill.nl/mjcc MEJCC Reality T V and Multiple Arab Modernities: A Th eoretical Exploration Marwan M. Kraidy University of Pennsylvania Email: mkraidy@asc.upenn.edu Keywords Reality Television; Modernity; Arab World; Hybridity; Politics I Th e media have historically played a crucial role in Arab encounters with modernity. But in contradistinction to the early twentieth century—when newspapers in Ottoman cities like Aleppo witnessed an intense debate about modernity (Watenpaugh 2006)—and to the Saudi intellectual war over moder- nity from 1985 to 1995 (Al-Ghazzami 2005), Arab media today are not merely a platform for debating modernity: they are also an important catalyst for heated, broad-ranging and highly public discussions about modernity. Th e reality television polemics that raged over the last few years intensifi ed the struggle to defi ne what it means to be Arab and modern. Th ough reality TV stirred controversy in several countries, the upheaval in the Arab world was heated and all-encompassing, touching on political, economic, religious and socio-cultural issues. However, the distinct form the controversy took in each Arab country suggests that ‘there is not only one form of

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Middle East Journal of Culture and CommunicationBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: ARAB WORLD; HYBRIDITY; POLITICS; MODERNITY; REALITY TELEVISION

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