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.