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Auteur(s) : Fahmy, Ziad Adel
Titre(s) : Ordinary Egyptians [Texte imprimé] : creating the modern nation through popular culture / Ziad Fahmy
Publication : Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2011, ©2011
Description matérielle : xvi, 244 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Comprend : Colloquial Egyptian, media capitalism, and nationalism ; Political centralization
to cultural centralization ; Print capitalism and the beginnings of colloquial mass
culture, 1870-1882 ; New media : laughter, satire, and song, 1882-1908 ; Media capitalism
: from mass culture to mass practice, 1907-1919 ; The Egyptian street : carnival,
popular culture, and the 1919 revolution.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
The popular culture of pre-revolution Egypt did more than entertain--it created a
nation. Songs, jokes, and satire, comedic sketches, plays, and poetry, all provided
an opportunity for discussion and debate about national identity and an outlet for
resistance to British and elite authority. This book examines how, from the 1870s
until the eve of the 1919 revolution, popular media and culture provided ordinary
Egyptians with a framework to construct and negotiate a modern national identity.
Ordinary Egyptians shifts the typical focus of study away from the intellectual elite
to understand the rapid politicization of the growing literate middle classes and
brings the semi-literate and illiterate urban masses more fully into the historical
narrative. It introduces the concept of "media-capitalism," which expands the analysis
of nationalism beyond print alone to incorporate audiovisual and performance media.
It was through these various media that a collective camaraderie crossing class lines
was formed and, as this book uncovers, an Egyptian national identity emerged
Sujet(s) : Culture populaire -- Égypte -- 19e siècle
Culture populaire -- Égypte -- 20e siècle
Caractère national égyptien
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780804772112 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0804772118 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780804772129 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0804772126 (pbk.) (alk. paper)
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