Title Ordinary Egyptians : creating the modern nation through popular culture / Ziad Fahmy

Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2011], ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) : illustrations Contents Colloquial Egyptian, media capitalism, and nationalism -- Political centralization to cultural centralization -- Print capitalism and the beginnings of colloquial mass culture, 1870-1882 -- New media : laughter, satire, and song, 1882-1908 -- Media capitalism : from mass culture to mass practice, 1907-1919 -- The Egyptian street : carnival, popular culture, and the 1919 revolution Summary The popular culture of pre-revolution Egypt did more than entertain--it created a nation. Songs, jokes, and satire, comedic sketches, plays, and poetry, all provided an opportunity for discussion and debate about national identity and an outlet for resistance to British and elite authority. This book examines how, from the 1870s until the eve of the 1919 revolution, popular media and culture provided ordinary Egyptians with a framework to construct and negotiate a modern national identity. Ordinary Egyptians shifts the typical focus of study away from the intellectual elite to understand the rapid politicization of the growing literate middle classes and brings the semi-literate and illiterate urban masses more fully into the historical narrative. It introduces the concept of "media-capitalism," which expands the analysis of nationalism beyond print alone to incorporate audiovisual and performance media. It was through these various media that a collective camaraderie crossing class lines was formed and, as this book uncovers, an Egyptian national identity emerged Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Nationalism -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century Nationalism -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century National characteristics, Egyptian -- History -- 19th century National characteristics, Egyptian -- History -- 20th century Popular culture -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century Popular culture -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century HISTORY. National characteristics, Egyptian Nationalism Popular culture Nationalbewusstsein. Massenkultur. Egypt Ägypten. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011000517 ISBN 9780804777742 0804777748

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