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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Wynn L. L. <1971->
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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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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pyramids & nightclubs |
| ISBN: | 0-292-79512-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778107703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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