Cairo contested [[electronic resource] ] : governance, urban space, and global modernity / / edited by Diane Singerman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.096216 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SingermanDiane |
Soggetto topico |
Social change - Egypt - Cairo
Urban policy - Egypt - Cairo |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-936190-32-X
1-61797-035-2 1-61797-389-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463994503321 |
Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cairo contested [[electronic resource] ] : governance, urban space, and global modernity / / edited by Diane Singerman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.096216 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SingermanDiane |
Soggetto topico |
Social change - Egypt - Cairo
Urban policy - Egypt - Cairo |
ISBN |
1-936190-32-X
1-61797-035-2 1-61797-389-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787977003321 |
Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cairo contested : governance, urban space, and global modernity / / edited by Diane Singerman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.096216 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SingermanDiane |
Soggetto topico |
Social change - Egypt - Cairo
Urban policy - Egypt - Cairo |
ISBN |
1-936190-32-X
1-61797-035-2 1-61797-389-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814563303321 |
Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cairo cosmopolitan [[electronic resource] ] : politics, culture, and urban space in the new globalized Middle East / / edited by Diane Singerman and Paul Amar |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (563 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.096216 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SingermanDiane
AmarPaul |
Soggetto topico |
Urban policy - Egypt - Cairo
Social change - Egypt - Cairo |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-61797-026-3
1-61797-390-4 1-936190-10-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover -- Contents -- Introduction Contesting Myths, Critiquing Cosmopolitanism, and Creating the New Cairo School of Urban Studies -- Cairo as Neoliberal Capital? -- Cairo as Capital of Socialist Revolution? -- Cairo as Regional/Global Economic Capital? -- Cairo as Global/Regional Cultural Capital? -- Egyptianizing the American Dream -- Café Latte and Caesar Salad -- From Dubai to Cairo -- Keeping Him Connected -- Reconstructing Islamic Cairo -- Urban Transformations -- Pyramids and Alleys -- Belle-époque Cairo -- Upper Egyptian Regionally Based Communities in Cairo -- Place, Class, and Race in the Barabra Café -- When the Lights Go Down in Cairo -- Mulids of Cairo -- The Giza Zoo -- Egypt's Pop-Music Clashes and the 'World-Crossing' Destinies of Muhammad 'Ali Street Musicians -- Afterword Whose Cairo?. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455304103321 |
Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cairo cosmopolitan [[electronic resource] ] : politics, culture, and urban space in the new globalized Middle East / / edited by Diane Singerman and Paul Amar |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (563 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.096216 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SingermanDiane
AmarPaul |
Soggetto topico |
Urban policy - Egypt - Cairo
Social change - Egypt - Cairo |
ISBN |
1-61797-026-3
1-61797-390-4 1-936190-10-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover -- Contents -- Introduction Contesting Myths, Critiquing Cosmopolitanism, and Creating the New Cairo School of Urban Studies -- Cairo as Neoliberal Capital? -- Cairo as Capital of Socialist Revolution? -- Cairo as Regional/Global Economic Capital? -- Cairo as Global/Regional Cultural Capital? -- Egyptianizing the American Dream -- Café Latte and Caesar Salad -- From Dubai to Cairo -- Keeping Him Connected -- Reconstructing Islamic Cairo -- Urban Transformations -- Pyramids and Alleys -- Belle-époque Cairo -- Upper Egyptian Regionally Based Communities in Cairo -- Place, Class, and Race in the Barabra Café -- When the Lights Go Down in Cairo -- Mulids of Cairo -- The Giza Zoo -- Egypt's Pop-Music Clashes and the 'World-Crossing' Destinies of Muhammad 'Ali Street Musicians -- Afterword Whose Cairo?. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778598503321 |
Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cairo cosmopolitan : politics, culture, and urban space in the new globalized Middle East / / edited by Diane Singerman and Paul Amar |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (563 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.096216 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SingermanDiane
AmarPaul |
Soggetto topico |
Urban policy - Egypt - Cairo
Social change - Egypt - Cairo |
ISBN |
1-61797-026-3
1-61797-390-4 1-936190-10-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover -- Contents -- Introduction Contesting Myths, Critiquing Cosmopolitanism, and Creating the New Cairo School of Urban Studies -- Cairo as Neoliberal Capital? -- Cairo as Capital of Socialist Revolution? -- Cairo as Regional/Global Economic Capital? -- Cairo as Global/Regional Cultural Capital? -- Egyptianizing the American Dream -- Café Latte and Caesar Salad -- From Dubai to Cairo -- Keeping Him Connected -- Reconstructing Islamic Cairo -- Urban Transformations -- Pyramids and Alleys -- Belle-époque Cairo -- Upper Egyptian Regionally Based Communities in Cairo -- Place, Class, and Race in the Barabra Café -- When the Lights Go Down in Cairo -- Mulids of Cairo -- The Giza Zoo -- Egypt's Pop-Music Clashes and the 'World-Crossing' Destinies of Muhammad 'Ali Street Musicians -- Afterword Whose Cairo?. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825865603321 |
Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Changing Consumer Cultures of Modern Egypt : Cairo's Urban Reshaping / / Mona Abaza |
Autore | Abaza Mona |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.30962/16 |
Collana | Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Consumer behavior - Egypt - Cairo
Consumers - Egypt - Cairo - Attitudes |
ISBN |
1-281-40022-X
9786611400224 90-474-1047-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Cairo's Urban Reshaping |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784835703321 |
Abaza Mona | ||
Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Changing consumer cultures of modern Egypt : Cairo's urban reshaping / / by Mona Abaza |
Autore | Abaza Mona |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.30962/16 |
Collana | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Consumer behavior - Egypt - Cairo
Consumers - Egypt - Cairo - Attitudes Lifestyles - Egypt - Cairo |
ISBN |
1-281-40022-X
9786611400224 90-474-1047-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Inter-Personal and Inter-Textual Negotiations -- The Organization of the Book -- Chapter One Consumer Culture in Divided Cairo -- Segregated Cities -- City-Malls -- Back to Cairo -- How to Emulate the Asian Tigers? -- Beirut -- Dubai -- The Virtual City and its Double -- Chapter Two Consumer Studies in the Middle East: The Blind Spot -- Globalization and Landscapes Compared -- The Public Sphere and Public Spaces -- The Emerging of the Public Sphere and "Spaces" -- Les Grands Magasins: Forgotten Early Egyptian Consumerism -- The Social Life of Malls -- A New Public Sphere -- Chapter Three Memories -- The Ideal and Nasr Companies -- Bauhaus -- Continuities -- Transformations/Metamorphosis in Continuity -- Household Consumption -- Shopping -- Fashion in the 1960's -- The Language of Fashion -- Readings and Private Lessons -- Birthdays -- Living in Zamalek -- The Move to Mohandessin -- Chapter Four The Sixties' Leisure Classes -- Servants -- Bitaqat al-Tamwin (Ration Cards) and the Servants -- Boasting Wealth -- Chapter Five A New Consumer Culture -- The Cappuccino Egyptianized -- Baladi Qahwas (Popular Coffee Houses) in Malls -- Resorts -- Orascom -- Eating Out (McDonald's in Cairo) -- Differing Notions of Beauty and Consumer Culture -- Fashion Today -- Affandiyas versus Galabeyyas -- Islamic and Ethnic Chic -- Shahira Mehrez's Search for Identity through the Galabeyya -- Jewellery -- Arts and Crafts -- Authenticity in Fashion and Folklorization -- The Flowering of the Art Market -- Salons and Paintings -- Chapter Six Cairo's Shopping Malls the Urban Reshaping -- New Dating Patterns -- Youth, Sexuality and New Spaces -- The Official Discourse on ʿAshwaʾiyyat (slums) -- Bulaq -- Madinat Nasr (Nasr City) -- Nasr City: The Army and Malls.
How to Spend Time in Polluted Cairo -- Popular versus "Chic" Malls -- Economic Recession and the Future of Consumerism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820666003321 |
Abaza Mona | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Remaking the modern : space, relocation, and the politics of identity in a global Cairo / / Farha Ghannam |
Autore | Ghannam Farha <1963-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76/0962/16 |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - Egypt - Cairo
City and town life - Egypt - Cairo |
ISBN |
9780520230460
1-282-76255-9 1-59734-512-1 0-520-93601-9 9786612762550 1-59734-859-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Relocation and the creation of a global city -- Relocation and the daily use of "modern" spaces -- Old places, new identities -- Gender and the struggle over public spaces -- Religion in a global era -- Roads to prosperity. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454962503321 |
Ghannam Farha <1963-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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