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The Literary Life of Cairo: One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City
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ISBN10: 9774167856
ISBN13: 9789774167850
Publisher: Amer Univ In Cairo Pr
Published: Sep 15 2016
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789774167850
Publisher: Amer Univ In Cairo Pr
Published: Sep 15 2016
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
Unlike The Literary Atlas of Cairo, which focuses on the literary geopolitics of the cityscape, this companion volume immerses the reader in the complex network of socioeconomic and cultural lives in the city. The seven chapters first introduce the reader to representations of some of Cairo's
prominent profiles, both political and cultural, and their impact on the city's literary geography, before presenting a spectrum of readings of the city by its multiethnic, multinational, and multilingual writers across class, gender, and generation. Daunting images of colonial school experiences
and startling contrasts of postcolonial educational realities are revealed, while Cairo's moments of political participation and oppression are illustrated, as well as the space accorded to women within the city across history and class.
Together, The Literary Atlas of Cairo and The Literary Life of Cairo produce a literary geography of Cairo that goes beyond the representation of space in literature to reconstruct the complex network of human relationships in that space.
and startling contrasts of postcolonial educational realities are revealed, while Cairo's moments of political participation and oppression are illustrated, as well as the space accorded to women within the city across history and class.
Together, The Literary Atlas of Cairo and The Literary Life of Cairo produce a literary geography of Cairo that goes beyond the representation of space in literature to reconstruct the complex network of human relationships in that space.
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