Neighborhood and Boulevard : Reading through the Modern Arab City /

Combines the styles of memoir, history, anthropology, and theory to develop an innovative reflection on the materiality of culture. Through its style and content, the text challenges the Orientalist bifurcation between tradition and modernity in the Arab world, revealing instead tradition's own...

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Main Author:	Ziadeh, Khaled (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:	Theory in the world.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Cultural Anthropology. Cultural Studies. Middle Eastern Literature. Social History. Sociology of Culture. Culture > Study and teaching. Ethnology. Middle Eastern literature. Popular culture > Study and teaching. Religion and culture. Social history. Social sciences. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Combines the styles of memoir, history, anthropology, and theory to develop an innovative reflection on the materiality of culture. Through its style and content, the text challenges the Orientalist bifurcation between tradition and modernity in the Arab world, revealing instead tradition's own dynamism and its coexistence alongside modernity.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (190 pages)
ISBN:	9780230120075
DOI:	10.1057/9780230120075