1st Edition

Islamism and Cultural Expression in the Arab World

Edited By Abir Hamdar, Lindsey Moore Copyright 2015
296 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Whereas most studies of Islamism focus on politics and religious ideology, this book analyses the ways in which Islamism in the Arab world is defined, reflected, transmitted and contested in a variety of creative and other cultural forms. It covers a range of contexts of production and reception, from the early twentieth century to the present, and with reference to cultural production in and/or... Read more

Introduction Abir Hamdar and Lindsey Moore  Part 1: Symbolic Power, Representation and Reception  1. Islam in Arabic Literature: The Struggle for Symbolic Power Sabry Hafez  2. Managing Religion in the Name of National Community Lila Abu-Lughod  3. Islamically Marked Bodies and Urban Space in Two Egyptian Films Walter Armbrust  4. Piety, Youth and Egyptian Cinema: Still Seeking Islamic Space Joel Gordon  Part 2: Types, Tropes and Teleologies  5. ‘Those who cure you will kill you’: The Doctor and the Terrorist in Arab Fiction and Film Abir Hamdar  6. ‘Ostentatious Veils’ in the Moroccan Weeklies Tel Quel and Nichan Loubna Bijdiguen  7. ‘Drives in the Name of Freedom’: Desire and Death in North African Islamization Plots Lindsey Moore  8. Islamism, Capitalism and Mimetic Desire in the Terrorism Novel: Fantasy and Dream Caroline Rooney  Part 3: National, Regional and International Frames  9. Al-Manar and Hizbullah: Creative Instances in Propaganda Warfare Zahera Harb  10. Video Games as Civilizational Configurations: US-Arab Encounters Mohammed Ibahrine  11. Rap and Islamism in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia: Local Idiosyncrasies and Global Reverberations Souad Halila  12. Towards a New Language: Liberating Arab Artists from Islamist Discourses Omar Kholeif  13. Stateless Confederations: Revolutions of Islamic Consciousness in the Arab World Ammar Naji

Biography

Abir Hamdar is a Lecturer in Arabic at Durham University, UK

Lindsey Moore is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Lancaster University, UK