Moroccan noir :

Smolin, Jonathan.

Moroccan noir : police, crime, and politics in popular culture / Jonathan Smolin. - 1 online resource (308 pages) - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : state, mass media, and the new Moroccan authoritarianism -- Police on trial : the Tabit Affair, newspaper sensationalism, and the end of the Years of Lead -- "He butchered his wife because of witchcraft and adultery" : crime tabloids, moral panic and the remaking of the Moroccan cop -- Crime-page fiction : Moroccan true crime and the new independent press -- Prime-time cops : blurring police fact and fiction on Moroccan television -- The Moroccan "serial killer" and CSI : Casablanca -- From Morocco's 9/11 to community policing : state advertising and the new citizen -- Epilogue : "the police are at the service of the people."

9780253010735 (ebook)


Crime in mass media.
Crime in popular culture--Morocco.
Mass media and crime--Morocco.
Mass media policy--Morocco.
Police in mass media.
Police in popular culture--Morocco.
Police--Morocco.


Electronic books.

HV8268.3.A2 / S66 2013eb

306.280964