ABSTRACT

The papers in this collection have a common theme in the question of modernity and mass culture. Two papers, those by Chaney and Featherstone respectively, discuss aspects of this theme in a general, global context, all the others are concerned more specifically with the regional context of the Middle East. All the articles in this collection were

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part I|119 pages

Mass Culture: General Perspectives

part II|88 pages

Features of Islam and Popular Culture

part III|35 pages

Popular Culture and the Nation State