LEADER 03780nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910789409103321 005 20230725031440.0 010 $a0-8047-7774-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804777742 035 $a(CKB)2670000000095488 035 $a(EBL)716549 035 $a(OCoLC)731646858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC716549 035 $a(DE-B1597)564039 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804777742 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL716549 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479238 035 $a(OCoLC)1198930927 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000095488 100 $a20110106h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOrdinary Egyptians$b[electronic resource] $ecreating the modern nation through popular culture /$fZiad Fahmy 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (265 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7211-8 311 $a0-8047-7212-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Note on Transliteration; 1. Colloquial Egyptian, Media Capitalism, and Nationalism; 2. Political Centralization to Cultural Centralization; 3. Print Capitalism and the Beginnings of Colloquial Mass Culture, 1870-1882; 4. New Media: Laughter, Satire, and Song, 1882-1908; 5. Media Capitalism: From Mass Culture to Mass Practice, 1907-1919; 6. The Egyptian Street: Carnival, Popular Culture, and the 1919 Revolution; Conclusion; Appendix A: Urbanization and Infrastructure; Appendix B: Plays and Songs Composed by Sayyid Darwish from 1918 to 1919; Notes; References; Index 330 $aThe popular culture of pre-revolution Egypt did more than entertain?it created a nation. Songs, jokes, and satire, comedic sketches, plays, and poetry, all provided an opportunity for discussion and debate about national identity and an outlet for resistance to British and elite authority. This book examines how, from the 1870s until the eve of the 1919 revolution, popular media and culture provided ordinary Egyptians with a framework to construct and negotiate a modern national identity. Ordinary Egyptians shifts the typical focus of study away from the intellectual elite to understand the rapid politicization of the growing literate middle classes and brings the semi-literate and illiterate urban masses more fully into the historical narrative. It introduces the concept of'media-capitalism,'which expands the analysis of nationalism beyond print alone to incorporate audiovisual and performance media. It was through these various media that a collective camaraderie crossing class lines was formed and, as this book uncovers, an Egyptian national identity emerged. 606 $aNationalism$zEgypt$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNationalism$zEgypt$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNational characteristics, Egyptian$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNational characteristics, Egyptian$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPopular culture$zEgypt$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPopular culture$zEgypt$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, Egyptian$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, Egyptian$xHistory 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 676 $a962/.04 700 $aFahmy$b Ziad$g(Ziad Adel)$01575165 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789409103321 996 $aOrdinary Egyptians$93851934 997 $aUNINA