Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature - 9780230108653

Part ode, part academic treatise, this book traces the transformation of Cairo's historic downtown from its spectacular beginning as a French inspired Belle Époque 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.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature
• Sottotitolo: Portraits of Cairo
• Lingua: English
• Autore:  Mara Naaman
• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Collana: Palgrave Macmillan (Hardcover)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Giugno '11
• Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
• Argomenti :  Egyptian literature History and criticism Public spaces in literature Cities and towns in literature
• Pagine: 227
• EAN-13: 9780230108653