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The struggle of entertainment and neoliberal postcolonial capitalist politics in "new" Saudi Arabia : the cultural production of modernity in the global south / Anas Malik Alahmed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alahmed, Anas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--Economic aspects--Saudi Arabia.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--Social aspects--Saudi Arabia.
- Neoliberalism--Saudi Arabia.
- Neoliberalism.
- Postcolonialism--Saudi Arabia.
- Postcolonialism.
- Saudi Arabia--Cultural policy.
- Saudi Arabia.
- Saudi Arabia--Civilization--21st century.
- Saudi Arabia--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 195 pages) : color illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Contents:
- Why Write this Book? Why Saudi Arabia? Why Entertainment?
- Theorizing and Researching Saudi State : Understanding Society, Culture and Nationality
- Entertainment, New Saudi Arabia, and the Question of New Class
- The Political Economy of Cultural Production and the Struggle for Modernity
- Policing the Fun and Politicizing the Entertainment : The Struggle for Cultural Production
- The Neoliberal Politics of the Cultural Production of Entertainment
- What the Future Holds for the "New" Saudi Arabia
- Conclusion: Why Is the New Saudi a New iPhone but Btill in an Old Nokia Software System?
- Epilogue : New Saudi, New Identity, and Neoliberalism
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 27, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Alahmed, Anas. Struggle of entertainment and neoliberal postcolonial capitalist politics in "new" Saudi Arabia
- ISBN:
- 9781498593755
- 1498593755
- Publisher Number:
- 40031227569
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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