Combines the styles of memoir, history, anthropology, and theory to develop an innovative reflection on the materiality of culture. Through its style and content, the text challenges the Orientalist bifurcation between tradition and modernity in the Arab world, revealing instead tradition’s own dynamism and its coexistence alongside modernity.
Inhoudsopgave
The Plaza The Ottoman Cafe The Seaport The Christian Alley The French Zone Hill and Plain The Market Pleasure Boulevards
Over de auteur
KHALED ZIADEH Ambassador of Lebanon in Cairo and Permanent Delegate to the Arab League.
SAMAH SELIM is Professor of Modern Arabic Literature in the Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures at Rutgers University
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Taal Engels ● Formaat PDF ● Pagina’s 166 ● ISBN 9780230120075 ● Bestandsgrootte 4.0 MB ● Uitgeverij Palgrave Macmillan US ● Stad New York ● Land US ● Gepubliceerd 2011 ● Downloadbare 24 maanden ● Valuta EUR ● ID 4883542 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Sociale DRM