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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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Autore: Wynn L. L. <1971-> Visualizza persona
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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina: 306.4/819096216
Soggetto topico: Urban anthropology - Egypt - Cairo
Culture and tourism - Egypt - Cairo
Soggetto geografico: Cairo (Egypt) Public opinion
Cairo (Egypt) History
Cairo (Egypt) Social life and customs
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-265)and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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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ISBN: 0-292-79512-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778107703321
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