Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt - Literature, Culture, and Empire

Zusatztext "[An] incisive study! which clearly establishes the fact that the phenomenon of cosmopolitanism could be both historical and ahistorical-a binary that is by no means contradictory! and can in fact be deployed to foster harmony in contemporary diversities in which 'adversarial discourse' (p. 149) dominates. All students of history and theorists on political ideas will forever be beholden to this remarkable effort by Starr." - Amidu Olalekan Sanni! Lagos State University! Nigeria; British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies! 39:1 Informationen zum Autor Deborah A. Starr is Associate Professor of Modern Arabic and Hebrew Literature at Cornell University. Her research and teaching interests include contemporary literature and film, minorities of the Middle East, cosmopolitanism, postcolonial studies, and urban studies. Klappentext This book examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. It analyzes the ways in which literature and film have portrayed the period and the great cultural diversity in the country prior to Nasser. Zusammenfassung This book examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. It analyzes the ways in which literature and film have portrayed the period and the great cultural diversity in the country prior to Nasser. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Colonial Anxieties and Cosmopolitan Desires 1. Literary Alexandria 2. Poetics of Memory: Edwar al-Kharrat 3. Polis and Cosmos: Ibrahim Abdel Meguid Part 2: Counterpoint New York 4. Why New York?: Youssef Chahine Part 3: A Mobile Levant 5. Gazing Across Sinai 6. A Mediterranean Vigor that Never Wanes: Yitzhaq Gormezano Goren 7. Unmasking Levantine Blindness: Ronit Matalon. Conclusion ...

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• Authors: Deborah Starr, Deborah (Cornell University Starr, Deborah A. Starr
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2013
• EAN: 9780415836456
• ISBN: 978-0-415-83645-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Colonialism & imperialism, Regional Studies, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature