Urban space in contemporary Egyptian literature : portraits of Cairo
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Urban space in contemporary Egyptian literature : portraits of Cairo
（Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world / edited by Hamid Dabashi）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- : hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-214) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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