The Arab Street: Pop Culture and Media between Muslim Worlds
ANTH 218
Spring 2020
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| Certificates: International Relations, International Relations Minor, Middle Eastern Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Minor, Muslim Studies, Muslim Studies Minor, African Studies Minor |
| Course Cluster: African Studies, African Studies Minor |
For decades, "the Arab Street" has served as an evasive yet loaded placeholder in mediated discussions of politics in the Arabic-speaking world. Sometimes romanticized as the rare home of authenticity; sometimes demonized as the birthplace of extremism and fundamentalism; and sometimes celebrated as the backdrop of new political expression, the "Arab Street" is a frequently referenced but poorly understood social formation. This course looks to the intersections of different popular culture production and media--including film, social media, television, popular music, performance art, graffiti, and sport--to explore the contours and textures of emergent politics in this region. Designed as an interdisciplinary interrogation of cultural politics beyond state narratives and as an alternative to studies of either diplomacy or terrorism, this course uses pedagogy and scholarship from anthropology, performance studies, film and media studies, and cultural studies to interrogate popular politics in a contested Middle East and North Africa. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ANTH)(MUST-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Syllabus may draw from: Lila Abu-Lughod, Walter Armbrust, Charles Hirschkind, David McDonald, Marc Schade-Poulsen, Rebecca Stein, Saba Mahmood, Ted Swedenberg, Tarik Sabry, Christa Salamandra, Marwan Kraidy, Helga Tawil-Souri, Laleh Khalili, and Lara Deeb, among others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assignments will include response essays and a scaffolded research paper |
| Instructor(s): El Zein,Rayya Times: ...W.F. 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: PAC104; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 8 | FR: X |
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