The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World

Marwan M. Kraidy

Published by Harvard University Press 2016

The Naked Blogger of Cairo

Creative Insurgency in the Arab World

Marwan M. Kraidy

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969520

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Across the Arab world, protesters voiced dissent through slogans, graffiti, puppetry, videos, and satire that called for the overthrow of dictatorial regimes. Investigating what drives people to risk everything to express themselves in rebellious art, Marwan M. Kraidy uncovers the creative insurgency at the heart of the Arab uprisings of 2010–2012.

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Marwan Kraidy’s The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World is a deep dive into the cultural politics of the Arab uprisings…Kraidy’s sharp insights and rich descriptions of a new Arab generation’s irrepressible creative urges will amply reward the effort. Reading Kraidy’s accounts of the politically charted cultural gambits of wired Arab youth rekindles some of the seemingly lost spirit of the early days of the Arab uprisings and offers hope for the future.
-- Marc Lynch Washington Post

The Naked Blogger of Cairo is an astonishingly accessible work for one that is also deeply intellectual and scholarly…Kraidy combines intellectual erudition with style and wit…The Naked Blogger of Cairo is a superb and important work not just for scholars but for anyone who cares about the relationships between art, the body, and revolution.
-- Hans Rollman PopMatters

The Naked Blogger of Cairo is yet another testament to the range and ingenuity of Marwan Kraidy’s scholarship. He is without a doubt our most insightful critic of Arab media, and this book is essential reading for our times.
-- Michael Curtin, University of California, Santa Barbara

In The Naked Blogger of Cairo, Marwan Kraidy offers a fascinating account of the workings of power and resistance in a digitally connected Middle East that will shake confidence in conventional narratives about the cultural dynamics of the Arab uprisings. It is an original contribution and essential reading for those who want to move beyond clichéd frames and facile analyses.
-- Mohamed Zayani, Georgetown University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
I. In the Name of the People Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Burning Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
III. Laughing Cow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
IV. Puppets and Masters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
V. Virgins and Vixens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
VI. Requiem for a Revolution? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages
- Main content: 278
Illustrations
- Other: 10 halftones

eBook

Published: June 6, 2016
ISBN: 9780674969520