This book examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. It analyzes the ways in which literature and film have portrayed the period and the great cultural diversity in the country prior to Nasser.
This book examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. It analyzes the ways in which literature and film have portrayed the period and the great cultural diversity in the country prior to Nasser.
Deborah A. Starr is Associate Professor of Modern Arabic and Hebrew Literature at Cornell University. Her research and teaching interests include contemporary literature and film, minorities of the Middle East, cosmopolitanism, postcolonial studies, and urban studies.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part 1: Colonial Anxieties and Cosmopolitan Desires 1. Literary Alexandria 2. Poetics of Memory: Edwar al-Kharrat 3. Polis and Cosmos: Ibrahim Abdel Meguid Part 2: Counterpoint New York 4. Why New York?: Youssef Chahine Part 3: A Mobile Levant 5. Gazing Across Sinai 6. A Mediterranean Vigor that Never Wanes: Yitzhaq Gormezano Goren 7. Unmasking Levantine Blindness: Ronit Matalon. Conclusion
Introduction Part 1: Colonial Anxieties and Cosmopolitan Desires 1. Literary Alexandria 2. Poetics of Memory: Edwar al-Kharrat 3. Polis and Cosmos: Ibrahim Abdel Meguid Part 2: Counterpoint New York 4. Why New York?: Youssef Chahine Part 3: A Mobile Levant 5. Gazing Across Sinai 6. A Mediterranean Vigor that Never Wanes: Yitzhaq Gormezano Goren 7. Unmasking Levantine Blindness: Ronit Matalon. Conclusion
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