Remembering cosmopolitan Egypt : literature, culture, and empire / / Deborah A. Starr
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| Autore: |
Starr Deborah A. <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Remembering cosmopolitan Egypt : literature, culture, and empire / / Deborah A. Starr
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, N.Y., : Routledge, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 962/.04 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Egypt Civilization Western influences |
| Egypt Fiction | |
| Cairo (Egypt) Fiction | |
| Alexandria (Egypt) Fiction | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Remembering cosmopolitan Egypt |
| ISBN: | 1-135-97407-1 |
| 1-282-15304-8 | |
| 9786612153044 | |
| 0-203-88136-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818450903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; ; 21.