Moroccan noir : police, crime, and politics in popular culture / Jonathan Smolin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smolin, Jonathan.

Series:

Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime in mass media.

Crime in popular culture--Morocco.

Crime in popular culture.

Mass media and crime--Morocco.

Mass media and crime.

Mass media policy--Morocco.

Mass media policy.

Police in mass media.

Police in popular culture--Morocco.

Police in popular culture.

Police--Morocco.

Police.

Morocco.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages).

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction : state, mass media, and the new Moroccan authoritarianism

Police on trial : the Tabit Affair, newspaper sensationalism, and the end of the Years of Lead

"He butchered his wife because of witchcraft and adultery" : crime tabloids, moral panic and the remaking of the Moroccan cop

Crime-page fiction : Moroccan true crime and the new independent press

Prime-time cops : blurring police fact and fiction on Moroccan television

The Moroccan "serial killer" and CSI : Casablanca

From Morocco's 9/11 to community policing : state advertising and the new citizen

Epilogue : "the police are at the service of the people."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2013).

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN:

9780253010735

OCLC:

859536724

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.