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Carte Cairo Cosmopolitan Diane Singerman

Cairo Cosmopolitan

Politics, Culture, and Urban Space in the New Middle East

Autor: Diane Singerman
Limbă: engleză
Legare: Copertă tare
Editura: The American University in Cairo Press
Disponibilitate: șansă 50%
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220.14 lei
A social and political geography of contemporary Cairo, this volume examines vernacular world-making...

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Autor
Diane Singerman
Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Copertă tare
Publicat
2015
Pagini
400
EAN
9789774249280
ISBN
9774249283
Enbook ID
05063343
Editura
The American University in Cairo Press
Greutate
1102
Dimensiuni
165 x 241 x 39

Descriere completă

A social and political geography of contemporary Cairo, this volume examines vernacular world-making through a 'grounded cosmopolitan' approach that builds new interdisciplinary methods for Middle East studies. Global stereotypes and certain social science agendas have tended to portray Cairo as a city of misery, a menacing population bomb, a morbid pharaonic tomb, or as the violent crossroads of the 'Arab street.' Today's Arab world is often perceived to be overwhelmed by war, poverty, violence, and religious radicalism. However, this image ignores a vast array of new phenomena and contests that are remaking the Middle East. Cairo's twenty-first century landscape is marked by surprising juxtapositions, where luxury malls compete with open-air markets, where gated communities grow on the ruins of socialist settlements, and where an Egyptian nationalistic renaissance meets new assertions of Nubian and transnational identity. To challenge pervasive myths about Cairo, each chapter introduces the reader to a specific neighborhood and its contemporary concerns and then situates this local analysis within questions such as globalization, economic restructuring, cross-border migration, or state planning. Designed to cultivate a more pluralistic and dynamic appreciation of the region, "Cairo Cosmopolitan" offers an alternative starting point for learning about social change in the new Middle East.

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