Urban space in contemporary Egyptian...
Naaman, Mara.

 

  • Urban space in contemporary Egyptian literature[electronic resource] :portraits of Cairo /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 892.7/093586216
    Title/Author: Urban space in contemporary Egyptian literature : portraits of Cairo // Mara Naaman.
    Author: Naaman, Mara.
    Published: New York : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2011.
    Description: 1 online resource.
    Subject: Egyptian literature - History and criticism.
    Subject: Public spaces in literature.
    Subject: Cities and towns in literature.
    Subject: National characteristics, Egyptian, in literature.
    Subject: Literature.
    Subject: LITERARY CRITICISM - African.
    Subject: LITERARY CRITICISM - Middle Eastern.
    Subject: LITERARY CRITICISM - General.
    ISBN: 9780230119710 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 0230119719 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9780230347496
    ISBN: 0230347495
    ISBN: 9780230108653 (hbk.)
    ISBN: 0230108652 (hbk.)
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-214) and index.
    [NT 15000228]: 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�.
    [NT 15000229]: This book is 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. It is through the lens of literature, in this case a body of texts that form an archive on the downtown, that one is able to understand the layered significance of this space for multiple generations of Egyptians.
    Online resource: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
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