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Poetics of Political Economy in Egypt
Kristin Koptiuch
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Analyzes how economic transformation changes the meaning of artisanship.
Original in perspective, innovative in approach, this book investigates the changing relationship between Egypt’s urban artisanry and the larger socio-historical transformations of the Egyptian economy.
Focusing on two key historical periods in the early and late twentieth century, Kristin Koptiuch examines the political and economic conditions that affected the role of the artisan in Egypt over time. She is particularly interested in how the politics of representation in different modes of discourse—colonialist, nationalist, developmentalist, ethnographic-have alternatively cast Egypt’s craft production as outmoded artisanry and as an ingenious, micro-entrepreneurial “informal sector.” In light ... Read moreAttention to this allegorical figuration discloses what Koptiuch calls a poetics of political economy. Contrary to conventional positivist social science, realist ethnography, and empiricist history, this approach acknowledges the intricate mutual workings of meaning and material culture. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816625390
SKU
V9780816625390
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About Kristin Koptiuch
Kristin Koptiuch is associate professor of anthropology at Arizona State University West, Phoenix.
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