Naaman Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature

Portraits of Cairo
2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-11971-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 227 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World

An examination of how the space of the downtown served dual purposes as both a symbol of colonial influence and capital in Egypt, as well as a staging ground for the demonstrations of the Egyptian nationalist movement.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naaman, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Urban as Theoretical Frame Specter of Paris: The Staging of Cairo's Modern City Center Reconstructing a National Past: Radwa 'Ashur's Revisionist History of the Downtown The Indigenous Modernism of Khayri Shalabi: Popular Intellectuals and the Neighborhood Ghurza The Proletarian Revolution that Never Was: Idris 'Ali's Nubian Perspective The Nation Recast through National Bestseller: Alaa al-Aswany's Ode to Downtown Cairo Wust al-Balad as Neo-Bohemia: Writing in Defense of a Vanishing Public Sphere

Über Autor(innen)

MARA NAAMAN Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at Williams College, USA.