Through Local Prism Globalization Magazines

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In Through a Local Prism, Loubna H. Skalli explores the forces of international cosmopolitanism, European and American, as they collide with local definitions of self, gender, and community in the Arab and Muslim culture. Since the late 1980′s, Morocco, a post-colonial Muslim country, has faced dramatic political, economic, and sociocultural changes. Utilizing Moroccan women’s magazines, Skalli explores the tensions and intersections among global forces and local traditions with close attention to their affect on gender definitions among Arab Muslims. Drawing on communication, media, and cultural theories, Skalli’s exploration redefines culture, gender, and national identity in the context of the globalized world. The focus on the Middle East makes this book of great interest to scholars and students of cultural studies, communications, and women’s studies.

Review[I]n it is approach to globalization and localization dynamics in a very focused, careful, and located way, this is a magnificent and necessary study that . . . will ably stand at the forefront of global cultural theory and cultural studies work; it cuts all over the new European Studies as well as emergent establishments of Arab studies to do galore innovative reflectiveness and intervention into cultural identity and media argues . . . this is an great work of severe and indepth scholarship. (Wilson, Rob )

About the AuthorLoubna H. Skalli a former professor at Ibn Tofail University, Morocco, teaches in the School of International Service at American University, Washington D.C.