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Cover -- Half-title -- Endorsements -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Arab Subcultures and the Paradox of Cultural Translation -- Arab subcultures: what is in the name? -- The epistemological pre-moment: translation between the experiential and conceptual -- Arab Cultural Studies continued -- The book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1 Hatha al-shibl min dhak al-asad: Would-be Arab Youth Studies and the Revival of 'Subculture' -- Pseudo-presentism and the historicisation of the revolution -- 'Subculture lite' and the politics of resistance -- Subcultures: the semiotic, ideological and quotidian -- Subcultures, countercultures and the problem of cultural translation -- Conclusion -- Beyond diasporic Arab Cultural Studies: towards a double critique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Hacking Rites: Recoding the Political in Contemporary Cultural Practices -- Wither commitment? -- Hacking rites -- Cultural production as a scandalous act -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Just a Bunch of (Arab) Geeks? How a 'Techie' Elite Shaped a Digital Culture in the Arab Region and Contributed to the Making of the Arab Uprisings -- Introducing the 'Arab Techies' -- Reorienting the nexus between subcultures, class and globalisation -- How the Arab Techies developed their community and culture before 2011 -- Did the Arab Techies boost the 2011 uprisings? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Resisting 'Resistance': On Political Feeling in Arabic Rap Concerts -- Political activity: subjects and agency -- The discourse of depoliticisation: resistance and neoliberalism -- Political feeling -- Objection -- Confrontation -- Repetition -- Conclusion -- Rethinking subcultures through and after the Arab uprisings -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Contents note continued: ch. 10 Placing Political Economy in Relation to Cultural Studies: Reflections on the Case of Cinema in Saudi Arabia / Naomi Sakr -- ch. 11 The Saudi Modernity Wars According to Abdullah Al-Ghathami: A Template for the Study of Arab Culture and Media / Marwan M. Kraidy -- ch. 12 Cultural Criticism: Theory and Method / Abdullah Al-Ghathami -- ch. 13 Language as Culture: The Question of Arabic / Atef Alshaer -- ch. 14 Internationalising a Media Studies Degree in Arab Higher Education: A Case Study Arising from an Agreement Between New Zealand and Oman / Rosser Johnson.

Durant la seconde moitié du xix e siècle, Nubar Pacha a joué un rôle crucial dans les Affaires étrangères égyptiennes, notamment lors de la renégociation de la concession accordée par le vice-roi Saïd à Ferdinand de Lesseps. Dans ses Mémoires , c'est sans indulgence qu'il dépeint les divers acteurs impliqués dans la création du canal de Suez et retrace les conséquences désastreuses de ce projet : perte de la souveraineté du pays, corvée imposée aux fellahs, spirale de la dette. Notre analyse de cette vision très critique s'appuie sur deux paramètres qui nous semblent orienter la narration : d'une part, la « logique des faits historiques » qui, concernant l'Égypte au xix e siècle, se résume chez Nubar en un passage de l'indépendance (durant le règne de Muhammad 'Ali et de Abbas I er ) à la faillite progressive (sous Saïd et Ismaïl Pacha), par la faute du canal. D'autre part l'image magnifiée que se construit Nubar comme instigateur de réformes bénéfiques, dont celle des tribunaux mixtes, œuvre de justice, qu'il présente comme diamétralement opposée au projet néfaste de Lesseps.

Os trabalhos da nova geração de escritores do Cairo compartilham um conjunto de características narrativas peculiares, envolvendo tanto uma ruptura com as formas modernistas e realistas anteriores quanto uma transformação das regras de referências pelas quais o texto se relaciona com o mundo externo. O artigo procura mostrar que, independente de onde suas tramas sejam ambientadas, essas obras compartilham homologias formais com as crescentes favelas do Cairo.