Making Cairo Medieval Hardback
Edited by Nezar AlSayyad, Irene A. Bierman, Nasser Rabbat
Part of the Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place series
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During the nineteenth century, Cairo witnessed once of its most dramatic periods of transformation.
Well on its way to becoming a modern and cosmopolitan city, by the end of the century, a 'medieval' Cairo had somehow come into being.
While many Europeans in the nineteenth century viewed Cairo as a fundamentally dual city—physically and psychically split between East/West and modern/medieval—the contributors to the provocative collection demonstrate that, in fact, this process of inscription was the result of restoration practices, museology, and tourism initiated by colonial occupiers.
The first edited volume to address nineteenth-century Cairo both in terms of its history and the perception of its achievements, this book will be an essential text for courses in architectural and art history dealing with the Islamic world.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:25/03/2005
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- ISBN:9780739109151
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:25/03/2005
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- ISBN:9780739109151
