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

Table of Contents:

Why Write this Book? Why Saudi Arabia? Why Entertainment?
Theorizing and Researching Saudi State : Understanding Society, Culture and Nationality
Entertainment, New Saudi Arabia, and the Question of New Class
The Political Economy of Cultural Production and the Struggle for Modernity
Policing the Fun and Politicizing the Entertainment : The Struggle for Cultural Production
The Neoliberal Politics of the Cultural Production of Entertainment
What the Future Holds for the "New" Saudi Arabia
Conclusion: Why Is the New Saudi a New iPhone but Btill in an Old Nokia Software System?
Epilogue : New Saudi, New Identity, and Neoliberalism