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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454719203321

Autore

Starr Deborah A. <1968->

Titolo

Remembering cosmopolitan Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : literature, culture, and empire / / Deborah A. Starr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-97407-1

1-282-15304-8

9786612153044

0-203-88136-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; ; 21

Disciplina

962/.04

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Egypt Civilization Western influences

Egypt Fiction

Cairo (Egypt) Fiction

Alexandria (Egypt) Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Colonial anxieties and cosmopolitan desires -- pt. 2. Counterpoint New York -- pt. 3. A mobile Levant.

Sommario/riassunto

Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. While it has been widely noted that such a relationship exists, the nature and impact of this dynamic is often overlooked. Taking a theoretical, literary and historical approach, the author argues that the notion of the cosmopolitan is inseparable from, and indebted to, its foundation in empire.Since the late 1970s a number of artistic works have appeared that represent the diversity of ethnic, national, and rel