Douglas, Allen, and Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Arab Comic Strips: Politics
of an Emerging Mass Culture. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana
University Press, 1994. 263 pp. ISBN 0-253-31814-9 (cloth), 0-253-20831-9
(paper).
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Acknowledgements . . . ix
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Note on Translation, Transcription, Abbreviation, Citation, and Illustrations
. . . xii
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Introduction: The World of Arab Comic Strips . . . 1
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Mickey in Cairo, Ramsîs in Paris . . . 9
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Nasser, or the Hero in Strips . . . 27
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Machismo and Arabism: Saddâm Husayn as Lone Hero . . . 46
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Radicalism in Strips: Ahmad Hijâzî . . . 60
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Sacred Images: Islamic Comic Strips . . . 83
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Syria: The Party-State and its Strips . . . 110
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Tradition Viewed from the Maghrib: Tunisia . . . 130
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Arabian Success Story: Mâjid . . . 150
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Bilingual Politics: The Algerian Strip . . . 174
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Images in Exile: Beur Comic Strips . . . 198
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Regional Highways, Regional Signs . . . 217
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Notes . . . 229
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Sources . . . 247
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Index . . . 255
Reviews in Print
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Webber, Sabra J. [Review.] inks: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies 3.3
(November 1996): 39-41.
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