Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism : : An Archive / / Hala Halim.
Interrogating how Alexandria became enshrined as the exemplary cosmopolitan space in the Middle East, this book mounts a radical critique of Eurocentric conceptions of cosmopolitanism. The dominant account of Alexandrian cosmopolitanism elevates things European in the city’s culture and simultaneous...
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Halim, Hala, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism : An Archive / Hala Halim. New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (448 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Of Greeks, Barbarians, Philhellenes, Hellenophones, and Egyptiotes -- Chapter Two. Of Hellenized Cosmopolitanism and Colonial Subalternity -- Chapter Three. Uncanny Hybridity into Neocolonialism -- Chapter Four. “Polypolis” and Levantine Camp -- Epilogue/Prologue -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Interrogating how Alexandria became enshrined as the exemplary cosmopolitan space in the Middle East, this book mounts a radical critique of Eurocentric conceptions of cosmopolitanism. The dominant account of Alexandrian cosmopolitanism elevates things European in the city’s culture and simultaneously places things Egyptian under the sign of decline. The book goes beyond this civilization/barbarism binary to trace other modes of intercultural solidarity.Halim presents a comparative study of literary representations, addressing poetry, fiction, guidebooks, and operettas, among other genres. She reappraises three writers—C. P. Cavafy, E. M. Forster, and Lawrence Durrell—who she maintains have been cast as the canon of Alexandria. Attending to issues of genre, gender, ethnicity, and class, she refutes the view that these writers’ representations are largely congruent and uncovers a variety of positions ranging from Orientalist to anticolonial. The book then turns to Bernard de Zogheb, a virtually unpublished writer, and elicits his camp parodies of elite Levantine mores in operettas, one of which centers on Cavafy. Drawing on Arabic critical and historical texts, as well as contemporary writers’ and filmmakers’ engagement with the canonical triumvirate, Halim orchestrates an Egyptian dialogue with theEuropean representations. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023) Cosmopolitanism in literature. European literature 19th century History and criticism. European literature 20th century History and criticism. Literary Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. Urban Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. bisacsh Bernard de Zogheb. C.P. Cavafy. Cosmopolitanism. E.M. Forster. Imperialism. Lawrence Durrell. Mediterranean. alexandria. egypt. Cavafy, C. P., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Durrell, Lawrence, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Forster, E. M., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Zogheb, Bernard de, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 9783111189604 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110707298 print 9780823251766 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823252282?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823252282 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823252282/original |
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