Title Global dreams : class, gender, and public space in cosmopolitan Cairo / Anouk de Koning

Published Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Introduction: young professionals and the city -- 1. Dreams of a global Cairo: history, present and future -- 2. The education of class -- 3. The logics of reform: belonging in Cairo's coffee shops -- 4. Class and cosmopolitan belonging in Cairo's coffee shops -- 5. Of taxi drivers, prostitutes, and professional women: gender, public space, and social segregation -- Conclusion: global dreams and post colonial predicaments Summary "At the start of the twenty-first century, Cairo's cityscape has acquired a spectacular global touch. Its luxurious five-star hotels, high-rise office buildings, immaculately clean malls, and swanky coffee shops serving cafe latte and caesar salad, along with the budding gated communities in the city's desert expanses, exemplify three decades of economic liberalization. In the surrounding social landscape, the gradual abrogation of the Nasser-era structures that provided many with low-cost goods and services is dearly felt. This new study examines Cairo's experience of economic liberalization in an era of globalization. It asks what happened to a postcolonial middle class that was once the carrier of national aspirations and dreams. It explores how young middle-class professionals navigate Cairo's increasingly divided landscape and discusses the rise of a young upper-middle class presence in the work, leisure, and public spaces of the city."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Middle class -- Egypt -- Cairo Social classes -- Egypt -- Cairo SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Economic history Middle class Social classes Social conditions Soziale Situation Soziale Schichtung Globalisierung Öffentlicher Raum Middenklassen. Openbare ruimte. Stedelijke gebieden. Sekseverschillen. Middle class -- Egypt -- Cairo. Social classes -- Egypt -- Cairo. SUBJECT Cairo (Egypt) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Cairo (Egypt) -- Social conditions -- 21st century Subject Egypt -- Cairo Kairo Caïro. Cairo (Egypt) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781617975028 1617975028 9781617972515 1617972517

Other Titles Class, gender, and public space in cosmopolitan Cairo

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