Egypt's Culture Wars [electronic resource] : Politics and Practice
Mehrez, Samia.
Cairo : American University in Cairo Press,
2008.
This work presents research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the 21st century. It deconstructs the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, drawing on tools in cultural studies, translation studies, and gender studies to analyze debates in the fields of literature, cinema, mass media and the plastic arts.
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""Contents""; ""Plates""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Prologue""; ""Part I Inside the literary establishment""; ""1 Dr Ramzi and Mr Sharaf""; ""2 Children of our alley""; ""3 The big one""; ""4 The value of freedom""; ""Part II Remaking culture""; ""5 Lost in globalization""; ""6 Translating gender between the local and the global1""; ""7 Where have all the families gone?""; ""8 From the hara to the imara""; ""Part III The bounds of change""; ""9 Taking the soap out of the opera""; ""10 The new kid on the block""; ""11 Found in Cairo""; ""12 Literature and literalism""
""Epilogue""""Appendices""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
This work presents research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the 21st century. It deconstructs the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, drawing on tools in cultural studies, translation studies, and gender studies to analyze debates in the fields of literature, cinema, mass media and the plastic arts.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Arabic literature -- Egypt -- History and criticism.
Arts -- Political aspects -- Egypt.
Arts, Egyptian -- 20th century.
Culture conflict -- Egypt.
Egypt -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Egypt -- Intellectual life -- 21st century.
Politics and culture -- Egypt.
Politics and literature -- Egypt.