Cosmopolitanism in Dubai’s Pan-Arab Drama

IF 0.4 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Fadi G. Haddad, A. Dhoest
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Abstract

Pan-Arab dramas (Ar. al-drama al-ʿarabiyya al-mushtaraka) are a recent trend in Arabic drama series (Ar. musalsalat); they portray an ensemble of characters of various Arab nationalities in a transnational narrative setting. By considering transnational television a factor that contributes to the cosmopolitan imagination, and given the argument that Gulf cities are replacing historical Arab capitals and becoming ‘new centers’ for Arab culture, education and business, we explore the manner in which cosmopolitanism is represented in transnational Arab drama content. We do this through a case study of ‘04’ (Zero Four), a pan-Arab drama series that tells the story of four young expatriates of four Arab nationalities, experiencing their personal, professional and private lives in modern-day Dubai. We find that the boundaries of the cosmopolitan imagined community encompass the Arab world, resulting in a cosmopolitan imaginary that seems to favor Arabs over non-Arabs.
迪拜泛阿拉伯戏剧中的世界主义
泛阿拉伯剧(Ar. al-drama al- tah arabiyya al-mushtaraka)是阿拉伯剧系列(Ar. musalsalat)的最新趋势;他们在一个跨国的叙事背景下,描绘了一群不同阿拉伯民族的人物。考虑到跨国电视是促进世界主义想象的一个因素,并考虑到海湾城市正在取代历史上的阿拉伯首都,成为阿拉伯文化、教育和商业的“新中心”,我们探讨了世界主义在跨国阿拉伯戏剧内容中的表现方式。这是一部泛阿拉伯电视剧,讲述了来自四个阿拉伯国家的四位年轻的外籍人士在现代迪拜的个人、职业和私人生活。我们发现,世界主义想象共同体的边界包围了阿拉伯世界,从而形成了一种似乎偏爱阿拉伯人而非阿拉伯人的世界主义想象。
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Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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期刊介绍: The Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication provides a transcultural academic sphere that engages Middle Eastern and Western scholars in a critical dialogue about culture, communication and politics in the Middle East. It also provides a forum for debate on the region’s encounters with modernity and the ways in which this is reshaping people’s everyday experiences. MEJCC’s long-term objective is to provide a vehicle for developing the field of study into communication and culture in the Middle East. The Journal encourages work that reconceptualizes dominant paradigms and theories of communication to take into account local cultural particularities.
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