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The Egyptian Military in Popular Culture: Context and Critique
Dalia Said Mostafa
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Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFCA; JPH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 339.
This book examines a key question through the lens of popular culture: Why did the Egyptian people opt to elect in June 2014 a new president (Abdel Fattah al-Sisi), who hails from the military establishment, after toppling a previous military dictator (Hosni Mubarak) with the breakout of the 25 January 2011 Revolution? In order to dissect this question, the author considers the complexity of the relationship between the Egyptian people and their national army, and how popular cultural products play a pivotal role in reinforcing or subverting this relationship. The author takes the reader on a `journey' through crucial historical ... Read more
This book examines a key question through the lens of popular culture: Why did the Egyptian people opt to elect in June 2014 a new president (Abdel Fattah al-Sisi), who hails from the military establishment, after toppling a previous military dictator (Hosni Mubarak) with the breakout of the 25 January 2011 Revolution? In order to dissect this question, the author considers the complexity of the relationship between the Egyptian people and their national army, and how popular cultural products play a pivotal role in reinforcing or subverting this relationship. The author takes the reader on a `journey' through crucial historical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137593719
SKU
V9781137593719
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About Dalia Said Mostafa
Dalia Said Mostafa is Lecturer in Arabic and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. She has published extensively in both Arabic and English on the contemporary Arabic novel, Arab cinema, and popular culture in Egypt. She is the editor of a special issue entitled `Women, Culture, and the January 2011 Egyptian ... Read more
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