02528nam 2200613 a 450 991081845090332120230721021537.01-135-97407-11-282-15304-897866121530440-203-88136-2(CKB)1000000000762108(EBL)435647(OCoLC)654778916(SSID)ssj0000235807(PQKBManifestationID)11198695(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235807(PQKBWorkID)10163705(PQKB)11591649(MiAaPQ)EBC435647(Au-PeEL)EBL435647(CaPaEBR)ebr10313059(CaONFJC)MIL215304(EXLCZ)99100000000076210820080916d2009 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrRemembering cosmopolitan Egypt literature, culture, and empire /Deborah A. StarrNew York, N.Y. Routledge20091 online resource (212 p.)Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures ;21Description based upon print version of record.0-415-83645-X 0-415-77511-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Colonial anxieties and cosmopolitan desires -- pt. 2. Counterpoint New York -- pt. 3. A mobile Levant.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 relRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures ;21.EgyptCivilizationWestern influencesEgyptFictionCairo (Egypt)FictionAlexandria (Egypt)Fiction962/.04Starr Deborah A.1968-1629319MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818450903321Remembering cosmopolitan Egypt3966981UNINA