Making Cairo Medieval
During the nineteenth century, Cairo witnessed one of its most dramatic periods of transformation. Well on its way to becoming a modern and cosmopolitan city, by the end of the century, a 'medieval' Cairo had somehow come into being. While many Europeans in the nineteenth century viewed Cairo as a fundamentally dual city--physically and psychically split between East/West and modern/medieval--the contributors to the provocative collection demonstrate that, in fact, this process of inscription was the result of restoration practices, museology, and tourism initiated by colonial occupiers. The first edited volume to address nineteenth-century C…
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Weitere Autoren: Bierman, Irene A. (Hrsg.) / Rabbat, Nasser (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7391-0916-8
- EAN: 9780739109168
- Produktnummer: 19605313
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B16.0 cm x D1.5 cm 349 g
- Gewicht: 349
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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