LEADER 03321nam 22007093u 450 001 9910459251803321 005 20210111160457.0 010 $a1-61797-039-5 010 $a1-936190-67-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044883 035 $a(EBL)3114766 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484044 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12176924 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484044 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10588028 035 $a(PQKB)11313333 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035591 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3114766 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044883 100 $a20151005d2000|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEgypt's Culture Wars$b[electronic resource] $ePolitics and Practice 210 $aCairo $cAmerican University in Cairo Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (349 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a977-416-374-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Plates""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Prologue""; ""Part I Inside the literary establishment""; ""1 Dr Ramzi and Mr Sharaf""; ""2 Children of our alley""; ""3 The big one""; ""4 The value of freedom""; ""Part II Remaking culture""; ""5 Lost in globalization""; ""6 Translating gender between the local and the global1""; ""7 Where have all the families gone?""; ""8 From the hara to the imara""; ""Part III The bounds of change""; ""9 Taking the soap out of the opera""; ""10 The new kid on the block""; ""11 Found in Cairo""; ""12 Literature and literalism"" 327 $a""Epilogue""""Appendices""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 8 $aThis work presents research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the 21st century. It deconstructs the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, drawing on tools in cultural studies, translation studies, and gender studies to analyze debates in the fields of literature, cinema, mass media and the plastic arts. 606 $aArabic literature -- Egypt -- History and criticism 606 $aArts -- Political aspects -- Egypt 606 $aArts, Egyptian -- 20th century 606 $aCulture conflict -- Egypt 606 $aEgypt -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 606 $aEgypt -- Intellectual life -- 21st century 606 $aPolitics and culture -- Egypt 606 $aPolitics and literature -- Egypt 607 $aEgypt$xIntellectual life$y20th century 607 $aEgypt$xIntellectual life$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aArabic literature -- Egypt -- History and criticism. 615 4$aArts -- Political aspects -- Egypt. 615 4$aArts, Egyptian -- 20th century. 615 4$aCulture conflict -- Egypt. 615 4$aEgypt -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. 615 4$aEgypt -- Intellectual life -- 21st century. 615 4$aPolitics and culture -- Egypt. 615 4$aPolitics and literature -- Egypt. 676 $a962.05/5 700 $aMehrez$b Samia$0693214 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459251803321 996 $aEgypt's Culture Wars$91974211 997 $aUNINA