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"Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature does an admirable job of underlining the ways in which 'a reworking of the past vis-Ã -vis our cities is an important part of the process in determining who we are (and want to be) in the present'" - Arab Studies Journal
"In this fascinating and well researched study, Naaman brings a host of works on heritage, nostalgia, modernity and modernization, colonialism and post-colonialism, and, of course, architecture, to bear on her analyses of portraits of downtown Cairo that emerge from four Egyptian novels. The events of February 2011 have brought this very space to the attention of a world-wide public, one that will surely gain from a reading of Naaman's excellent study." - Roger Allen, Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania
"An original, intelligent, and imaginative contribution. Naaman successfully draws the reading of contemporary Arabic literature into a broader set of concerns about modernity, national identity, class, ethnic conflict, and the experience of urban life." - Timothy Mitchell, Professor of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
"This study adds several dimensions to our understanding of the Egyptian novel: narration of space in the novel, the representation of urban space, and the emergence of a decidedly post-nationalist form of writing. What emerges from Naaman's discussion is that these novels are part of adefinable new literary school whose sites, themes, and styles mark a radical departure from earlier ones." - Elliott Colla, Chair, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
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Book Title: Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature
Book Subtitle: Portraits of Cairo
Authors: Mara Naaman
Series Title: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119710
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10865-3Published: 13 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29143-4Published: 13 June 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11971-0Published: 30 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-705X
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7068
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 227
Topics: Postcolonial/World Literature, Literary History, Fiction, Literary Theory, Cultural Anthropology, Middle Eastern Literature