Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature: Portraits of Cairo (Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World)
Mara Naaman
Part ode, part academic treatise, this book traces the transformation of Cairo’s historic downtown from its spectacular beginning as a French inspired Belle ?poque marvel to a site of contest and, more recently, to its role as a neo-bohemian public sphere. Using the work of several Egyptian novelists, this study explores the significance of this space to ideas of modernity, class consciousness, and the anti-colonial struggle. Drawing on urban studies scholarship, Arabic literary criticism, and cultural theory, this wide-ranging work argues that a re-examination of the historic city center in the face of globalization and the ongoing fragmentation of urban space is essential to understanding what it means to be Egyptian today.
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Année:
2011
Editeur::
Palgrave Macmillan
Langue:
english
Pages:
255
ISBN 10:
0230108652
ISBN 13:
9780230108653
Collection:
Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
Fichier:
PDF, 6.46 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011
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