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Author Malmström, Maria Frederika, 1969- author.

Title The streets are talking to me : affective fragments in Sisi's Egypt / Maria Frederika Malmström
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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Contents Introduction : materiality and politics of affect in Egypt : a study of (non- )change grounded in empirical research -- "Fake face" : body, matter, cityscape as one -- Love of the motherland and loss of its meaning : bodies of passion, shame, grief, and betrayal -- Metamorphosing sonic rhythm : a loss of navigation -- Vicious circles of uncertainty : vibrant affective matter that matters -- The national prison of politics : masculinities, nationalism, and Islam epilogue
Summary "This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights on the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, life and politics in the Arab world in the aftermath of these events. Focusing on the qualities of the sensory world, Maria Frederika Malmström explores the dramatic differences after the Egyptian revolution and their implications on society--the lack of sound in the floating landscape of Cairo after the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the role of material things in the sit-ins of 2013, the military evocation of masculinities (and the destruction of alternative ones), how people experience pain, rage, disgust, euphoria, and passion in the body. While focused primarily on changes unfolding in Egypt, this is a study of how materiality and affect provide new possibilities for exploring societies in transition. A book of rare honesty and vulnerability, The Streets Are Talking to Me is a brilliant, unconventional, and self-conscious ethnography of the space where affect, material life, violence, political crisis, and masculinities meet one another"--Provided by publisher
Analysis brilliant
changes unfolding in egypt
differences after egyptian revolution
egyptian revolution
exploration of egyptian revolution
lack of sound in cairo
military evocation of masculinities
momentous events in arab world
self conscious
sit ins of twenty thirteen
study of revolutions in middle east
twenty eleven
unconventional
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 22, 2019)
Subject Islam and politics -- Egypt
Protest movements -- Arab countries.
Social movements -- Egypt
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt.
Islam and politics
Politics and government
Protest movements
Social movements
SUBJECT Egypt -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Egypt -- History -- Protests, 2011-2013. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004490
Subject Arab countries
Egypt
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019017604
ISBN 0520973046
9780520973046