Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt - Hardcover
by Andrew Simon
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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrew SimonSeries:Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies andPublish date:2022-04-19Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503629431ISBN-10:1503629430UPC:9781503629431Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle East, Modern, Media StudiesBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, 20th CenturySize:6.14 x 8.90 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SC6KRRMF1H
Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt
Media of the Masses investigates the social life of an everyday technology--the cassette tape--to offer a multisensory history of modern Egypt. Over the 1970s and 1980s, cassettes became a ubiquitous presence in Egyptian homes and stores. Audiocassette technology gave an opening to ordinary individuals, from singers to smugglers, to challenge state-controlled Egyptian media. Enabling an...
Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503629431ISBN-10:1503629430UPC:9781503629431Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle East, Modern, Media StudiesBook Topic:Egypt (see also Ancient, 20th CenturySize:6.14 x 8.90 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SC6KRRMF1H
Andrew Simon is Lecturer and Research Associate in Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College.
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