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Remaking the modern : space, relocation, and the politics of identity in a global Cairo /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghannam, Farha, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Urbanization > Egypt > Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt) > Social conditions.
Cairo (Egypt) > Economic conditions.
City and town life > Egypt > Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Cairo (Egypt) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : researching "modern" Cairo
  • Relocation and the creation of a global city
  • Relocation and the daily use of "modern" spaces
  • Old places, new identities
  • Gender and the struggle over public spaces
  • Religion in a global era
  • Roads to prosperity
  • Conclusion : homes, mosques, and the making of a global Cairo.