Popular Culture, Gender, and Revolution in Egypt

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Other| March 01 2021 Popular Culture, Gender, and Revolution in Egypt Nicola Pratt Nicola Pratt NICOLA PRATT is associate professor (reader) of the international politics of the Middle East, University of Warwick. Her research focuses on feminist and postcolonial approaches to international relations and politics of/in the Middle East, including war, violence, security, governance, activism, rights, and popular culture. Contact: n.c.pratt@warwick.ac.uk. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2021) 17 (1): 137–146. https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-8790347 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Nicola Pratt; Popular Culture, Gender, and Revolution in Egypt. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 1 March 2021; 17 (1): 137–146. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-8790347 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsJournal of Middle East Women's Studies Search Advanced Search Popular culture, particularly its gendered dimensions, remains relatively understudied in the field of Middle East studies, including Middle East gender studies. Yet it provides a fruitful arena for understanding the construction and reproduction of dominant gender norms, as well as their contestation and subversion. This was especially apparent in the wake of the Arab uprisings, when different forms of creative expression—such as graffiti and independent music—flourished, and popular media openly addressed previously taboo issues, namely, the phenomenon of sexual violence. Ostensibly a field of entertainment, popular culture creates possibilities of reaching new audiences as more institutionalized feminist activism, such as lobbying for legal reforms, may struggle to do. The relationship between popular culture and gender norms and identities is one of the subjects addressed in Politics and Popular Culture in Egypt: Contested Narratives of the 25 January 2011... Copyright © 2021 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies2021 Issue Section: Third Space You do not currently have access to this content.