Cairo collages Everyday life practices after the event

Cairo is a city of collective exhaustion. From the 2011 revolution to Sisi's seizure of power in 2013, like millions of others, Mona Abaza was swallowed by a draining and exhausting daily life of a city caught up in the aftermath of revolt - a daily life that transformed countless people into a...

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Main Author Abaza, Mona
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Manchester University Press 2020
Edition1
Subjects
Anthropology
Cairo (Egypt)-History-21st century
City Planning & Urban Development
Geography. Africa
Middle East Studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Public Policy
Public Policy & Administration
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Urban Studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Tale I: 2: Tale II: 3: Tale III: 4: My flat: 5: The elevator saga: 6: Tale IV: Conclusion: Appendix I: Appendix II: References Index
  • Tale IV: Order Conclusion: Making sense of the collage My flat: Nostalgia and al-zaman al-gamiil (the ‘beautiful old times’) Tale II: Commute Tale I: Al-‘imaara (the building) as topos Introduction Acknowledgements Figures Contents Title Page, Copyright Appendix I: Interview with E. D. References The elevator saga: The degeneration of everyday material conditions Tale III: My exhausted and exhausting building Index Appendix II: Excerpts from interview with Laila al-Raa’i Cover
  • Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Tale I: Al-'imaara (the building) as topos -- Tale II: Commute -- Tale III: My exhausted and exhausting building -- My flat: Nostalgia and al-zaman al-gamiil (the 'beautiful old times') -- The elevator saga: The degeneration of everyday material conditions -- Tale IV: Order -- Conclusion: Making sense of the collage -- Appendix I: Interview with E. D. -- Appendix II: Excerpts from interview with Laila al-Raa'i -- References -- Index