"Dramas of Nationhood identifies a fantastic cultural form that binds together the Egyptian nation—television serials. These melodramatic programs—like soap operas but more closely tied to political and social issues than their Western counterparts—have been shown on television in Egypt for mo
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re than thirty years. In this book, Lila Abu-Lughod examines the shifting politics of these serials and the way their contents both reflect and seek to direct the changing course of Islam, gender relations, and everyday life in this Middle Eastern nation. Representing a decade’s worth of research, Dramas of Nationhood makes a case for the importance of studying television to answer larger questions about culture, power, and modern self-fashionings. Abu-Lughod explores the elements of developmentalist ideology and the visions of national progress that once dominated Egyptian television—now experiencing a crisis. She discusses the broadcasts in rich detail, from the generic emotional qualities of TV serials and the depictions of authentic national culture, to the debates inflamed by their deliberate strategies for combating religious extremism." (Publisher description)
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"Der Autor, Produzent der TV-Movie-Abteilung bei RTL, untersucht das aus Amerika importierte erfolgreiche Genre der extra für das Fernsehen produzierten Filme: Dramaturgie, Themen, Sprache, Inszenierung, Sendeplätze sowie die Eigenheiten der deutschen TV-Movies." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
"Von RTL in Zusammenarbeit mit der GMK herausgegebene Broschüre für Eltern und Erzieher/innen mit einer populären Einführung zum Thema Kinder und Fernsehen. Ferner mit Informationen über den Jugendmedienschutz und einer tabellarischen medienpädagogischen Bewertung von 16 Sendungen aus dem RTL-
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Kinderprogramm wie "Arielle", "Captain Planet", "Power Rangers" u.a." (commbox)
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"The present study on the importation of films for cinema and television in Egypt is part of a series of case studies related to the structure, nature and flow of "transnational communication" and its socio-economic and cultural impact. Having its own reputable film industry and television organizat
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ion and being itself a film exporting country, Egypt was selected for this study, which was undertaken in 1979. However, the study shows that Egypt is heavily dependent on a small number of foreign companies, based in a few industrialized countries, which supply most of the films for cinema and television programming. The research emphasizes the need not only to examine the volume of imported communication material (a phenomenon already described in another UNESCO publication as "one way flow of information") but also the effects related to their content." (Foreword)
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