Title Egypt's culture wars : politics and practice / Samia Mehrez

Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) Series Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies ; 13 Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 13. Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Prologue: Take them out of the ball game -- Egypt's cultural players in crisis; Part I: Inside the literary establishment; 1 Dr Ramzi and Mr Sharaf: Sonallah Ibrahim and the duplicity of the literary field; 2 Children of our alley: The AUC Naguib Mahfouz Award and the Egyptian literary field; 3 The big one: The intellectual and the political in modern Egyptian literature; 4 The value of freedom: The writer against the establishment; Part II: Remaking culture Summary This groundbreaking work presents original research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the twenty-first century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Politics and culture -- Egypt Culture conflict -- Egypt Arabic literature -- Egypt -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Egypt Arts -- Political aspects -- Egypt Arts, Egyptian -- 20th century HISTORY. Arabic literature Arts, Egyptian Arts -- Political aspects Culture conflict Intellectual life Politics and culture Politics and literature SUBJECT Egypt -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Egypt -- Intellectual life -- 21st century Subject Egypt Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203929001 0203929004 9781936190676 1936190672

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