Nasser in the Egyptian imaginary / Omar Khalifah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khalifah, Omar, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970--In motion pictures.

Nasser, Gamal Abdel.

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970--In literature.

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970.

Arabic literature--Egypt--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Egypt.

Motion pictures--Egypt--History.

Motion pictures.

History.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 244 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"The late President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), has been represented in many major works of Egyptian literature and film, and continues to have a presence in everyday life and discourse in the country. Omar Khalifah's analysis of these representations focuses on how the historical character of Nasser has emerged in the Egyptian imaginary. He explores the recurrent images of Nasser in literature and film and shows how Nasser constitutes a perfect site for plural interpretations. He argues that Nasser has become a rhetorical device, a figure of speech, a trope that connotes specific images constantly invoked whenever he is mentioned. His study makes a case for literature and art to be seen as alternative archives that question, erase, distort and add to the official history of Nasser."--Back cover.

Contents:

1 Writing to Nasser 19

2 Nasser as Fiction 68

3 Nasser in Fiction 117

4 Nasser on the Screen 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-238) and index.

ISBN:

1474410197

9781474410199

OCLC:

966562305