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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 /

"This book analyzes the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia in transforming the state into a more neoliberal capitalist form of modernity. This book employs postcolonial analysis to examine how the Saudi government has produced and circulated cultural products in society to serve th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alahmed, Anas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
Subjects:
Popular culture > Economic aspects > Saudi Arabia.
Popular culture > Social aspects > Saudi Arabia.
Neoliberalism > Saudi Arabia.
Postcolonialism > Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia > Cultural policy.
Saudi Arabia > Civilization > 21st century.
Saudi Arabia > Social conditions > 21st century.
Civilization.
Cultural policy.
Neoliberalism.
Popular culture > Economic aspects.
Popular culture > Social aspects.
Postcolonialism.
Social conditions.
Saudi Arabia.
2000-2099
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Summary:"This book analyzes the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia in transforming the state into a more neoliberal capitalist form of modernity. This book employs postcolonial analysis to examine how the Saudi government has produced and circulated cultural products in society to serve the postcolonial politics of the Global South"--
Physical Description:xii, 195 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781498593748
1498593747