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UNINA9910778107703321 |
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Autore |
Wynn L. L. <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Pyramids & nightclubs [[electronic resource] ] : a travel ethnography of Arab and Western imaginations of Egypt, from King Tut and a colony of Atlantis to rumors of sex orgies, urban legends about a marauding prince, and blonde belly dancers / / L.L. Wynn |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban anthropology - Egypt - Cairo |
Culture and tourism - Egypt - Cairo |
Cairo (Egypt) Public opinion |
Cairo (Egypt) History |
Cairo (Egypt) Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-265)and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: From the pyramids to the nightclubs of Pyramids Road -- Ethics and methodology of a transnational anthropology -- Buried treasure -- Atlantis and red mercury -- Sex orgies, a marauding prince, and other rumors about gulf tourism -- Transnational dating -- Palimpsest, excavation, graffiti, simulacra : an ethnography of the idea of Egypt. |
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