Title Pyramids & nightclubs : 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

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Urban anthropology -- Egypt -- Cairo Culture and tourism -- Egypt -- Cairo SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Culture and tourism. Manners and customs. Public opinion. Urban anthropology. SUBJECT Cairo (Egypt) -- Public opinion Cairo (Egypt) -- History Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs Subject Egypt -- Cairo. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book LC no. 2007022652 ISBN 9780292795129 0292795122

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