03576nam a22003377a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001800064020001500082040003400097050002000131100002100151245012100172264007100293300004600364336002600410337002800436338002700464505244500491650003002936650003602966650003803002650002203040650002403062650002403086650002603110650002503136650002103161650002503182700003103207pucpr20240916154359.0070710s2006 a fr 001 0 eng  a9789774249280 a9774249283 apucprbengcpucprdpucprerda00aDT146bD48 20061 aSingerman, Diane10aCairo Cosmopolitan :bpolitics, culture, and urban space in the new globalized middle east. /cDiane Singerman.htxt aEgyptaNew York :bThe American University in Cairo Press ,c2006. axvii, 542 p.bill. ; plans ;c24cm.fbook 2rdacontentatextbtxt 2rdamediaaunmediadedbn 2rdacarrieravolumebnc aContents: Contributors xi -- Acknowledgments XV -- Introduction -- Contesting Myths, Critiquing Cosmopolitanism, and Creating the New Cairo School of Urban Studies Diane Singerman and Paul Amar -- Cairo: The City Cosmopolitan : 1. Cairo as Neo-Liberal Capital? From Walled City to Gated Communities Eric Denis 47 -- 2. Cairo as Capital of Socialist Revolution? Omnia El Shakry 73 -- 3. Cairo as Regional/Global Economic Capital? Leila Vignal and Eric Denis 99 -- 4. Cairo as Global/Regional Cultural Capital? Said Sadek 153 -- Cairo Consumer and Investor Geographies : 5. Egyptianizing the American Dream: Nasr City's Shopping Malls, Public Order, and the Privatized Military Mona Abaza 193 -- 6. Café Latte and Caesar Salad: Cosmopolitan Belonging in Cairo's Coffee Shops Anouk de Koning 221 -- 7. From Dubai to Cairo: Competing Global Cities, Models, and Shifting Centers of Influence? Yasser Elsheshtawy 235 -- 8. Keeping Him Connected: Globalization and the Production of Locality in Cairo Farha Ghannam 251 -- Cairo Heritage and Touristic Globalization : 9. Reconstructing Islamic Cairo: Forces at Work Caroline Williams 269 -- 10. Urban Transformations: Social Control at al-Rifa'i Mosque and Sultan Hasan Square Yasser Elsheshtawy 295 -- 11. Pyramids and Alleys: Global Dynamics and Local Strategies in Giza Petra Kuppinger 313 -- 12. Belle-époque Cairo: The Politics of Refurbishing the Downtown Business district Galila El Kadi and Dalila ElKerdany 345 -- Cairo Subcultures and Media Contestation : 13. Upper Egyptian Regionally Based Communities in Cairo: Traditional or Modern Forms of Urbanization? Catherine Miller 375 -- 14. Place, Class, and Race in the Barabra Café: Nubians in Egyptian Media Elizabeth A. Smith 399 -- 15. When the Lights Go Down in Cairo: Cinema as Global Crossroads and Space of Playful Resistance Walter Armbrust 415 -- 16. A Round Trip to Isma'iliya: Cairo's Media Exiles, Television Innovation, and Provincial Citizenship Fanny Colonna 445 -- Cairo Celebratory Spaces and Vernacular World-Crossing : 17. Mulids of Cairo: Sufi Guilds, Popular Celebrations, and the 'Roller Coaster Landscape' of the Resignified City Anna Madoeuf 465 -- 18. The Giza Zoo: Reappropriating Public Spaces, Reimagining Urban Beauty Vincent Battesti 489 -- 19. Egypt's Pop-Music Clashes and the 'World-Crossing' Destinies of Muhammad Ali Street Musicians Nicolas Puig 513 -- Afterword Whose Cairo? Nezar AlSayyad 539 -- 00aCity and town life2Local00aEgypt--Cairo2Social conditions00aEgypt--Cairo2Economic conditions 0aSocial conditions 0aEgypt--Cairo2Local00aUrban policy2Local00aSocial history2Local00aSocial change2Local00aEconomic history00aCity planning2Local10aDiane SingermandPaul Amar