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Mass Culture and Modernism in Egypt - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Walter Armbrust
Mass Culture and Modernism in Egypt - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Walter Armbrust
This study provides fresh and vital insights into the long struggle of modern Egypt to define its identity. Walter Armbrust examines Egyptian television, music, cinema, and the press, revealing the tensions between conservative nationalist imagery and a modernist ethic.
292 pages, 15 b/w illus. 1 table
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 28, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780521484923 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 292 |
Dimensions | 152 × 230 × 18 mm · 619 g (Weight (estimated)) |
Language | English |
Series Editor | Fortes, Meyer |
Series Editor | Goody, Jack |
Series Editor | Leach, Edmund |
Series Editor | Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja |
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