Creative Reckonings - The Politics of Art and Culture in Contemporary Egypt

Zusatztext "As the only study of its kind to date, and for its sensitive view of the conditions of artistic culture in modern Egypt, Creative Reckonings is an invaluable contribution to studies of the modern Middle East, post-Arab socialist cultural history, and anthropologies of modern and contemporary art." Informationen zum Autor Jessica Winegar is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University. Klappentext Ethnographic study of cultural politics in the contemporary Egyptian art world, examining how art-making is a crucial aspect of the transformation from socialism to neoliberalism in postcolonial countries. Zusammenfassung Ethnographic study of cultural politics in the contemporary Egyptian art world, examining how art-making is a crucial aspect of the transformation from socialism to neoliberalism in postcolonial countries.

Product details

• Authors: Jessica Winegar
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2006
• EAN: 9780804754767
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5476-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures; Stanford Studies in Middle Eas; Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures; Stanford Studies in Middle Eas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries