Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt by Lila Abu-Lughod

Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt

Lila Abu-Lughod

324 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
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How do people come to think of themselves as part of a nation? Dramas of Nationhood identifies a fantastic cultural form that binds together the Egyptian nation—television serials. These melodramatic programs—like soap operas but more closely tied...

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