The Moral Resonance of Arab Media Flagg Miller In a ground-breaking study of contemporary Arab political poetry, Flagg Miller demonstrates the ways that modern media aesthetics are shaped by language, religion and culture. In the wake of major political change and unrest in Arabian Peninsula since 1990 - including troubled Yemeni unification, two Gulf Wars, and the rise of Islamic militancy - people in southern areas of Yemen have experienced a resurgence of tribalism. Focusing on a vibrant audio-recording industry, The Moral Resonance of Arab Media explores how cassette producers address conflicted views about tribalism through Arabic poetry and song. With keen attention to several centuries of changing media ecology, Miller shows how tribalism becomes a tool for critical reform when expressed through Muslim tropes of community, place, person, and history. Yemenis' use of audiocassettes turns such tropes into cultural resources for morally evaluating political liberalism. Flagg Miller is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison.