Rebecca Joubin is an associate professor and chair of Arab studies at Davidson College, North Carolina.

"Mediating the Uprising expertly reveals how Syria's most successful transnational media products have fared during and responded to the current conflicts. Rebecca Joubin displays uncommon dexterity in how she interlaces a wealth of detail, from knowledgeable insight into sociopolitical contexts to illuminating interviews with the musalsalat's creative personnel. This approachable book will appeal just as much to specialized scholars as to a general readership wishing to learn more about how devastating geopolitical events take their toll on our media industries and their representations of gender."— Kay Dickinson, author of Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond"A huge accomplishment, Mediating the Uprising combines smart readings of Syrian television miniseries with detailed ethnographic analysis. Joubin reveals the strategies of artists--both oppositional and regime-supporters--who are testing the limits of social and political expression, and the workings of an industry navigating seven years of civil war. The book is an invaluable addition to media studies and Syrian studies."— Edward Ziter, author of Political Performance in Syria: From the Six-Day War to the Syrian Uprising

• Table of ContentsSeries Foreword List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsNote on TransliterationA Chronology of the Syrian UprisingIntroduction: New Directions in Television Drama Amid an UprisingChapter One: Mediating the UprisingChapter Two: Socio-Political Satire in the Multi-Year Syrian Sketch Series Buq'at Daw' (Spotlight): Artistic Resistance via Gender and Marriage Metaphors, 2001 to 2017Chapter Three: The Rise and Fall of the Qabaday (Tough Man): (De)constructing Fatherhood as Political ProtestChapter Four: The Politics of Love and Desire in Post-Uprising Syrian and Transnational Arab Television DramaChapter Five: The Politics of Queer Representations in Syrian Television Drama Past and PresentConclusionAppendix 1: Charts of Miniseries for Ramadan 2011-2018 (Miniseries that touch on the uprising are in bold)Appendix 2: Table of Percentages of Miniseries 2011-2018Appendix 3: Chart of Miniseries for Ramdan 2019 (Miniseries that touch on the uprising are in bold)Appendix 4: Table of Percentages of Miniseries 2019AcknowledgmentsBibliography/FilmographyIndex

Rebecca Joubin is an associate professor and chair of Arab studies at Davidson College, North Carolina.

"Mediating the Uprising expertly reveals how Syria's most successful transnational media products have fared during and responded to the current conflicts. Rebecca Joubin displays uncommon dexterity in how she interlaces a wealth of detail, from knowledgeable insight into sociopolitical contexts to illuminating interviews with the musalsalat's creative personnel. This approachable book will appeal just as much to specialized scholars as to a general readership wishing to learn more about how devastating geopolitical events take their toll on our media industries and their representations of gender."— Kay Dickinson, author of Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond"A huge accomplishment, Mediating the Uprising combines smart readings of Syrian television miniseries with detailed ethnographic analysis. Joubin reveals the strategies of artists--both oppositional and regime-supporters--who are testing the limits of social and political expression, and the workings of an industry navigating seven years of civil war. The book is an invaluable addition to media studies and Syrian studies."— Edward Ziter, author of Political Performance in Syria: From the Six-Day War to the Syrian Uprising

• Table of ContentsSeries Foreword List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsNote on TransliterationA Chronology of the Syrian UprisingIntroduction: New Directions in Television Drama Amid an UprisingChapter One: Mediating the UprisingChapter Two: Socio-Political Satire in the Multi-Year Syrian Sketch Series Buq'at Daw' (Spotlight): Artistic Resistance via Gender and Marriage Metaphors, 2001 to 2017Chapter Three: The Rise and Fall of the Qabaday (Tough Man): (De)constructing Fatherhood as Political ProtestChapter Four: The Politics of Love and Desire in Post-Uprising Syrian and Transnational Arab Television DramaChapter Five: The Politics of Queer Representations in Syrian Television Drama Past and PresentConclusionAppendix 1: Charts of Miniseries for Ramadan 2011-2018 (Miniseries that touch on the uprising are in bold)Appendix 2: Table of Percentages of Miniseries 2011-2018Appendix 3: Chart of Miniseries for Ramdan 2019 (Miniseries that touch on the uprising are in bold)Appendix 4: Table of Percentages of Miniseries 2019AcknowledgmentsBibliography/FilmographyIndex

Rebecca Joubin is an associate professor and chair of Arab studies at Davidson College, North Carolina.

"Mediating the Uprising expertly reveals how Syria's most successful transnational media products have fared during and responded to the current conflicts. Rebecca Joubin displays uncommon dexterity in how she interlaces a wealth of detail, from knowledgeable insight into sociopolitical contexts to illuminating interviews with the musalsalat's creative personnel. This approachable book will appeal just as much to specialized scholars as to a general readership wishing to learn more about how devastating geopolitical events take their toll on our media industries and their representations of gender."— Kay Dickinson, author of Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond"A huge accomplishment, Mediating the Uprising combines smart readings of Syrian television miniseries with detailed ethnographic analysis. Joubin reveals the strategies of artists--both oppositional and regime-supporters--who are testing the limits of social and political expression, and the workings of an industry navigating seven years of civil war. The book is an invaluable addition to media studies and Syrian studies."— Edward Ziter, author of Political Performance in Syria: From the Six-Day War to the Syrian Uprising

• Table of ContentsSeries Foreword List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsNote on TransliterationA Chronology of the Syrian UprisingIntroduction: New Directions in Television Drama Amid an UprisingChapter One: Mediating the UprisingChapter Two: Socio-Political Satire in the Multi-Year Syrian Sketch Series Buq'at Daw' (Spotlight): Artistic Resistance via Gender and Marriage Metaphors, 2001 to 2017Chapter Three: The Rise and Fall of the Qabaday (Tough Man): (De)constructing Fatherhood as Political ProtestChapter Four: The Politics of Love and Desire in Post-Uprising Syrian and Transnational Arab Television DramaChapter Five: The Politics of Queer Representations in Syrian Television Drama Past and PresentConclusionAppendix 1: Charts of Miniseries for Ramadan 2011-2018 (Miniseries that touch on the uprising are in bold)Appendix 2: Table of Percentages of Miniseries 2011-2018Appendix 3: Chart of Miniseries for Ramdan 2019 (Miniseries that touch on the uprising are in bold)Appendix 4: Table of Percentages of Miniseries 2019AcknowledgmentsBibliography/FilmographyIndex