An incurable past Nasser's Egypt then and now /

A look at the interplay between human experience and its cultural representations in mid-twentieth-century Egypt.

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Hovedforfatter: Belli, Mériam N.
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Introduction: This incurable otherness
  • Part I: Retelling Salah al-Din : the future is everything
  • 1. Farouk is gone, long live the revolution
  • 2. The new order
  • Part II: Burn, Edmund, burn : the present is everything
  • 3. When Edmund Allenby became al-Limby
  • 4. Port Said, martyr city
  • 5. The end of history
  • Part III: St. Mary, mother of Egypt : the past is everything
  • 6. The science of miracles
  • 7. Globalizing the virgin, nationalizing religion
  • Conclusion: "What revolution?".