| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) |
| Series |
Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world, 2213-3844 ; volume 13 |
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Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; v. 13.
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| Contents |
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- On Translating Caricatures -- A Note on Transliterations -- Introduction -- Cairo's Colonial Cosmopolitanism -- Journals, Images, Counter-Images, and Readers -- Caricature as Product -- The Average Egyptian; the Ideal Egyptian -- The Good, the Bad, and the Evil -- Images of the Other? -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"The Egyptian caricature is generally studied as part of Egyptian mass culture, and mainly discussed in the context of Egypt's anti-colonial resistance to British foreign rule, as part of the forging of a "national style". In Cartooning for a Modern Egypt, Keren Zdafee foregrounds the role that Egypt's foreign-local entrepreneurs and caricaturists played in formulating and constructing the modern Egyptian caricature of the interwar years, that was designated for, and reflected, a colonial and cosmopolitan culture of a few. Keren Zdafee illustrates how Egyptian foreign-local caricaturists envisioned and evaluated the past, present, and future of Egyptian society, in the context of Cairo's colonial cosmopolitanism, by adopting a theoretical, semiotic, and historical approach"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 30, 2019) |
| Subject |
Caricature -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
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Art and society -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
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Art and society
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Caricature
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Caricatures and cartoons
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- History -- 1919-1952 -- Caricatures and cartoons
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| Subject |
Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
cartoons (humorous images)
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Cartoons (Humor)
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Caricatures and cartoons
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History
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Cartoons (Humor)
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Dessins humoristiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019039748 |
| ISBN |
9004410384 |
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9789004410381 |
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