Cairo Collages - Everyday Life Practices After the Event

With the military seizing overt power in Egypt, Cairo's grand and dramatic urban reshaping during and after 2011 is reflected upon under the lens of a smaller story narrating everyday interactions of a middle-class building in the neighbourhood of Doqi.

Info autore

Mona Abaza (1959-2021) was Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology at The American University in Cairo. Over her vibrant career, her writing ranged from women in rural Egypt, the relation between Islam and the West, urban consumer culture, to Egyptian painting and the Arab Spring

Riassunto

With the military seizing overt power in Egypt, Cairo’s grand and dramatic urban reshaping during and after 2011 is reflected upon under the lens of a smaller story narrating everyday interactions of a middle-class building in the neighbourhood of Doqi. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mona Abaza
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781526178947
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7894-7
• Pagine: 216
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Viaggi > Guide turistiche > Vicino Oriente; Egypt, Cairo, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, TRAVEL / Middle East / Egypt, Sociology & anthropology, Urban communities, Sociology and anthropology