Egypt 1919 : : The Revolution in Literature and Film / / Dina Heshmat.

Traces the portrayals of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution in literary and cinematic narrativesRe-examines the 1919 Egyptian Revolution in light of the momentous events of 2011Draws on theoretical approaches in memory studies to investigate the construction of 1919 as a moment of ecstatic nationalist uni...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature : ESMAL
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 10 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editor’s Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Transliteration and Translation
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Poetics of Disillusion
  • 2 The Fear of the Rabble
  • 3 1919 and the Trope of the Modern Nation
  • 4 The Revolution on the Screen
  • 5 The Politics of Rehabilitation
  • 6 Rewriting History in the 1990s
  • 7 Rewriting History in the Wake of 2011
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index