This study of Egyptian popular culture provides fresh and vital insights into the long struggle of modern Egypt to define its identity. Armbrust examines Egyptian television, recorded music, the press, and the cinema. These popular media have broken radically with cultural icons of Egypt's past, while offering ordinary people a way of coming to terms with the clashing values of nationalism, modernity, and Arab classicism. However, since the 1970s, popular culture has also become a subject of controversy. The delicate ...
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This study of Egyptian popular culture provides fresh and vital insights into the long struggle of modern Egypt to define its identity. Armbrust examines Egyptian television, recorded music, the press, and the cinema. These popular media have broken radically with cultural icons of Egypt's past, while offering ordinary people a way of coming to terms with the clashing values of nationalism, modernity, and Arab classicism. However, since the 1970s, popular culture has also become a subject of controversy. The delicate balance between conservative nationalist imagery and a modernist ethic has been increasingly put in question by producers and consumers of the media, reflecting a sense that the representations of modernity do not reflect the experience of Egyptians.
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Volume 102. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780521484923.
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Volume 102. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9780521484923.
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Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. 9780521481472. African History. ~~NO DUST-JACKET~~VG 1st ed 1996 Cambridge hardback, no dust-jacket, unmarked. Size: 15.24 x 2.06 x 22.86 cm. 292 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sociology & Culture; African History; ISBN: 0521481473. ISBN/EAN: 9780521481472. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 082765.
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New. C. Trade paperback (US). 292 p. Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology . 1 Tables, unspecified; 15 Halftones, unspecified. Intended for college/higher education audience. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
