Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture

Politics, Language and Resistance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvJacob Høigilt

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Comic books for adults have become one of the most novel and colourful forms of cultural expression in the Arab world today. During the last ten years, young Arabs have crafted stories explaining issues such as authoritarianism, resistance, war, sex, gender relations and youth culture. These are distributed through informal channels as well as independent bookstores and websites. Events like the annual Cairocomix festival in Egypt and the Mahmoud Kahil Award in Lebanon evidence the importance of this cultural phenomenon. Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture focuses on the production of these comics in Egypt and Lebanon, countries at the forefront of the development of the genre for adults. Jacob Hoigilt guides the reader through the emergence of independent comics, explores their social and political critique, and analyses their visual and verbal rhetoric. Analysing more than 50 illustrations, included here, he shows that Arab comics are revealing of the changing attitudes towards politics, social relations and even language. While political analysts often paint a bleak picture of the Arab world after 2011, this book suggests that art and storytelling continue to nourish a spirit of liberty and freedom despite political setbacks. Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture provides a fresh and original insight into the politics of the Middle East and cultural expression in the Arab World.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-12-13
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt531 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781784539856

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Jacob Hoigilt is Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute, Oslo, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo. He was previously Senior Researcher at the Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies. He has published the monograph Islamist Rhetoric: Language and Culture in Contemporary Egypt as well as in various edited collections and journals.

1. IntroductionScope and themesThe analysis of comicsStructure of the book2. Mapping the scene3. Resistance against authoritarianism and war: adult comics before 2011A tradition of political critique: War comics in LebanonCritique of authoritarianism in Samandal magazine4. Comics in revolutionary and post-revolutionary EgyptDrawing a revolutionRevolutionary criticism and humour in Egyptian comics5. Gender relationsGender relations: a core issueSlapstick humour and exaggerationsVisual symbolismThe rhetoric of the panelsIn favour of the sensitive man6. Youthfulness and the vernacularThe marginalization of youth in the Arab worldAsserting youthfulnessIndividuality and alienationYouthfulness and the vernacular7. Comics and sociolinguistics: informal literacy, voice and language ideologyInhabiting a third spaceVoiceDiglossia and written ArabicLanguage Ideology and the illusion of zero-sum gamesInformal literacy and the ideology of diglossia8 Conclusion: Ideology, resistance and voiceBibliography