Pyramids & nightclubs a travel ethnography of Arab and Western imaginations of Egypt, from King Tut and a colony of Atlantis to rumors of sex orgies, urban legends about a marauding prince, and blonde belly dancers /

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Glavni autor: Wynn, L. L., 1971-
Autor kompanije: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronički e-knjiga
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
Izdanje:1st ed.
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Sadržaj:
  • Introduction: From the pyramids to the nightclubs of Pyramids Road
  • Ethics and methodology of a transnational anthropology
  • Buried treasure
  • Atlantis and red mercury
  • Sex orgies, a marauding prince, and other rumors about gulf tourism
  • Transnational dating
  • Palimpsest, excavation, graffiti, simulacra : an ethnography of the idea of Egypt.