The Literary Atlas of Cairo: One Hundred Years on the Streets of the CitySamia Mehrez American Univ in Cairo Press, 2010 - 337 Seiten Unlike The Literary Atlas of Cairo, which focuses on the literary geopolitics of the cityscape, this companion volume immerses the reader in the complex network of socioeconomic and cultural lives in the city. The seven chapters first introduce the reader to representations of some of Cairo's prominent profiles, both political and cultural, and their impact on the city's literary geography, before presenting a spectrum of readings of the city by its multiethnic, multinational, and multilingual writers across class, gender, and generation. Daunting images of colonial school experiences and startling contrasts of postcolonial educational realities are revealed, while Cairo's moments of political participation and oppression are illustrated, as well as the space accorded to women within the city across history and class. The city's marginals are placed on its literary map, alongside representations of the relationship between writing and drugs, and the places, paraphernalia, and products of the drug world across class and time. |
Inhalt
Cairo Mother of Cities | 1 |
Entering the City Victorious | 13 |
The Changing Life | 67 |
Yusuf Idris The Siren | 73 |
Khairy Shalaby Wedding Thief | 79 |
Yasser AbdelLatif The Law of Inheritance | 85 |
Radwa Ashour A Piece of Europe | 94 |
Mustafa Zikri What Amin Did Not Know | 104 |
Waguih Ghali Beer in the Snooker Club | 190 |
Naguib Mahfouz The Day the Leader Was Killed | 197 |
Ahmed Alaidy Being Abbas el Abd | 205 |
Private Spaces | 211 |
Naguib Mahfouz Palace Walk | 219 |
Samia Serageldin The Cairo House | 225 |
Yusuf alSibaie We Do Not Cultivate Thorns | 234 |
Naguib Mahfouz Palace of Desire | 244 |
Ibrahim Aslan The Heron | 112 |
Hamdi Abu Golayyel Thieves in Retirement | 120 |
Salwa Bakr Thirtyone Beautiful Green Trees | 126 |
Hamdy alGazzar Black Magic | 133 |
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik Utopia | 140 |
Public Spaces | 151 |
Ismail Wali alDin Hammam alMalatili | 159 |
Yusuf alSibaie We Do Not Cultivate Thorns | 165 |
Muhammad alFakharani An Interval for Bewilderment | 171 |
Ihsan Abdel Quddus Let the Sun Shine | 178 |
Mahmoud AlWardani Mall Music | 184 |
A Reallife Tragedy | 250 |
Alaa Al Aswany The Yacoubian Building | 258 |
Mekkawi Said Cairo Swan Song | 265 |
Shehata alErian The Women of Others | 276 |
Hamdi Abu Golayyel Thieves in Retirement | 279 |
Tharwat Abaza Fog | 292 |
Ahmed Alaidy Being Abbas el Abd | 305 |
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The Literary Atlas of Cairo: One Hundred Years on the Streets of the City Samia Mehrez Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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