Revolutionary life : the everyday of the Arab Spring /

In this book, Asef Bayat, a leading scholar of the Middle East and north Africa, presents a new way of thinking about the Arab Spring and the meaning of revolution. Blending field research, on-the-ground interviews and social theory, Bayat shows how the practice of everyday life in Egypt and Tunisia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bayat, Asef (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2021].
Subjects:	Arab Spring, 2010- Egypt > History > 2011- Egypt > History > Protests, 2011-2013. Tunisia > History > Demonstrations, 2010- Egypt > Social life and customs > 20th century. Egypt > Social life and customs > 21st century. Tunisia > Social life and customs > 20th century. Tunisia > Social life and customs > 21st century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.

Table of Contents:

Everyday life and revolution
The subaltern under autocracies
The subaltern in the uprisings
The poor and plebeian
Mothers, daughters, and the gender paradox
Children of revolution
The social world
Whatever happened to the revolution?