Martyrs and Tricksters : : An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution / / Walter Armbrust.

An important look at the hopeful rise and tragic defeat of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began with immense hope, but was defeated in two and a half years, ushering in the most brutal and corrupt regime in modern Egyptian history. How was the passage from utmost euph...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 72
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.) :; 36 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Time Line
  • The "Last Day of the Revolution"?
  • Chapter 1. Introduction Revolution as Liminal Crisis
  • Prelude My Eighteen Days
  • Chapter 2. The Material Frame
  • Chapter 3. The Martyrological Frame
  • Chapter 4. The Disputed Grievability of Sally Zahran
  • Chapter 5. Martyr Milestones
  • Chapter 6. The Poor First
  • Chapter 7. Copts and Salafis Dueling YouTube Videos on the Edge of a Precipice
  • Chapter 8. Scripting a Massacre
  • Chapter 9. The Trickster in Midan al-' Abbasiyya
  • Chapter 10. A New Normal? The Iron Fist and the False Promise
  • Postscript. Zizo's Suicide Letter
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index