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1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Preface; Note on Transliteration; 1. Colloquial Egyptian, Media Capitalism, and Nationalism; 2. Political Centralization to Cultural Centralization; 3. Print Capitalism and the Beginnings of Colloquial Mass Culture, 1870-1882; 4. New Media: Laughter, Satire, and Song, 1882-1908; 5. Media Capitalism: From Mass Culture to Mass Practice, 1907-1919; 6. The Egyptian Street: Carnival, Popular Culture, and the 1919 Revolution; Conclusion; Appendix A: Urbanization and Infrastructure; Appendix B: Plays and Songs Composed by Sayyid Darwish from 1918 to 1919; Notes |
| 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 rap |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
National characteristics, Egyptian -- History -- 19th century
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National characteristics, Egyptian -- History -- 20th century
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Nationalism -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century
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Nationalism -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
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Popular culture -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century
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Popular culture -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY.
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National characteristics, Egyptian
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Nationalism
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Popular culture
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Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011000517 |
| ISBN |
9780804777742 |
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0804777748 |
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9780804772112 |
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0804772118 |
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