Cairo cosmopolitan : politics, culture, and urban space in the new globalized Middle East / edited by Diane Singerman ...

Другие авторы: Singerman, Diane [editor] | Amar, Paul [editor]Тип материала: ТекстТекстЯзык: English (английский язык)Издатель: London : The American University in Cairo Press, 2009Дата авторского права: ©2009Описание: 1 online resource (435 pages)Вид содержания: Text Средство доступа: Computermedien Тип носителя: Online ResourceISBN: 9781617973901Тематика(и): Konsumgesellschaft | Lebensbedingungen | Sozialer Wandel | Kairo | Ägypten | Urban policy-EgyptЖанр/форма: Fernzugriff | Дополнительные физические форматы: Print version:: Cairo CosmopolitanЭлектронное местонахождение и доступ: Volltext
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Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contesting Myths, Critiquing Cosmopolitanism, and Creating the Cairo School of Urban Studies -- Cairo: The City Cosmopolitan -- 1 Cairo as Neo-Liberal Capital? From Walled City to Gated Communities -- 2 Cairo as Capital of Socialist Revolution? -- 3 Cairo as Regional/Global Economic Capital? -- 4 Cairo as Global/Regional Cultural Capital? -- Cairo Consumer and Investor Geographies -- 5 Egyptianizing the American Dream: Nasr City's Shopping Malls, Public Order, and the Privatized Military -- 6 Café Latte and Caesar Salad: Cosmopolitan Belonging in Cairo's Coffee Shops -- 7 From Dubai to Cairo: Competing Global Cities, Models, and Shifting Centers of Influence? -- 8 Keeping Him Connected: Globalization and the Production of Locality in Cairo -- Cairo Heritage and Touristic Globalization -- 9 Reconstructing Islamic Cairo: Forces at Work -- 10 Urban Transformations: Social Control at al-Rifa'i Mosque and Sultan Hasan Square -- 11 Pyramids and Alleys: Global Dynamics and Local Strategies in Giza -- 12 Belle Époque Cairo: The Politics of Refurbishing the Downtown Business District -- Cairo Subcultures and Media Contestation -- 13 Upper Egyptian Regionally Based Communities in Cairo: Traditional or Modern Forms of Urbanization? -- 14 Place, Class, and Race in the Barabra Café: Nubians in Egyptian Media -- 15 When the Lights Go Down in Cairo: Cinema as Global Crossroads and Space of Playful Resistance -- 16 A Round Trip to Isma'iliya: Cairo's Media Exiles, Television Innovation, and Provincial Citizenship -- Cairo Celebratory Spaces and Vernacular World-Crossing -- 17 Mulids of Cairo: Sufi Guilds, Popular Celebrations, and the 'Roller-Coaster Landscape' of the Resignified City.
18 The Giza Zoo: Re-Appropriating Public Spaces, Re-Imagining Urban Beauty -- 19 Egypt's Pop-Music Clashes and the 'World-Crossing' Destinies of Muhammad 'Ali Street Musicians -- Afterword -- Whose Cairo?.
Сводка: A multifaceted look at life, culture, politics and society in modern Cairo.
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Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contesting Myths, Critiquing Cosmopolitanism, and Creating the Cairo School of Urban Studies -- Cairo: The City Cosmopolitan -- 1 Cairo as Neo-Liberal Capital? From Walled City to Gated Communities -- 2 Cairo as Capital of Socialist Revolution? -- 3 Cairo as Regional/Global Economic Capital? -- 4 Cairo as Global/Regional Cultural Capital? -- Cairo Consumer and Investor Geographies -- 5 Egyptianizing the American Dream: Nasr City's Shopping Malls, Public Order, and the Privatized Military -- 6 Café Latte and Caesar Salad: Cosmopolitan Belonging in Cairo's Coffee Shops -- 7 From Dubai to Cairo: Competing Global Cities, Models, and Shifting Centers of Influence? -- 8 Keeping Him Connected: Globalization and the Production of Locality in Cairo -- Cairo Heritage and Touristic Globalization -- 9 Reconstructing Islamic Cairo: Forces at Work -- 10 Urban Transformations: Social Control at al-Rifa'i Mosque and Sultan Hasan Square -- 11 Pyramids and Alleys: Global Dynamics and Local Strategies in Giza -- 12 Belle Époque Cairo: The Politics of Refurbishing the Downtown Business District -- Cairo Subcultures and Media Contestation -- 13 Upper Egyptian Regionally Based Communities in Cairo: Traditional or Modern Forms of Urbanization? -- 14 Place, Class, and Race in the Barabra Café: Nubians in Egyptian Media -- 15 When the Lights Go Down in Cairo: Cinema as Global Crossroads and Space of Playful Resistance -- 16 A Round Trip to Isma'iliya: Cairo's Media Exiles, Television Innovation, and Provincial Citizenship -- Cairo Celebratory Spaces and Vernacular World-Crossing -- 17 Mulids of Cairo: Sufi Guilds, Popular Celebrations, and the 'Roller-Coaster Landscape' of the Resignified City.

18 The Giza Zoo: Re-Appropriating Public Spaces, Re-Imagining Urban Beauty -- 19 Egypt's Pop-Music Clashes and the 'World-Crossing' Destinies of Muhammad 'Ali Street Musicians -- Afterword -- Whose Cairo?.

A multifaceted look at life, culture, politics and society in modern Cairo.

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