Through a local prism : gender, globalization, and identity in Moroccan women's magazines / Loubna H. Skalli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skalli, Loubna H., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects--Morocco.

Mass media.

Women's periodicals, French--Morocco.

Women's periodicals, French.

Women's periodicals, Arabic--Morocco.

Women's periodicals, Arabic.

Mass media and culture--Morocco.

Mass media and culture.

Mass media and women--Morocco.

Mass media and women.

Culture and globalization--Morocco.

Culture and globalization.

Cultural fusion--Morocco.

Cultural fusion.

Women.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Mass media--Social aspects.

Morocco.

Women--Morocco--Identity.

Physical Description:

ix, 204 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]

Summary:

In Through a Local Prism, Loubna H. Skalli explores the forces of global cosmopolitanism, European and American, as they collide with local definitions of self, gender, and community in the Arab and Muslim culture. Since the late 1980s, Morocco, a postcolonial Muslim country, has faced dramatic political, economic, and socio-cultural changes. Utilizing Moroccan women's magazines, Skalli explores the tensions and intersections between global forces and local traditions with close attention to their impact on gender definitions among Arab Muslims. Drawing on communication, media, and cultural theories, Skalli's research redefines culture, gender, and national identity in the context of the globalized world. The focus on the Middle East makes this book of great interest to scholars and students of cultural studies, communications, and women's studies.

Contents:

Introduction: Through a local prism

Global and local dimensions of culture(s) : a theoretical perspective

Morocco at the crossroads : context as cultural mosaic

Cosmopolitanism, schizophrenia, and cultural proximity : production of Femmes du Maroc and Citadine

The desire to "consume local"

Hybridity in dis/content : inside women's magazines

Conclusion: Local voices, global choices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-199) and index.

ISBN:

0739111949

OCLC:

65400476

Publisher Number:

9780739111949