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Working out Egypt : effendi masculinity and subject formation in colonial modernity, 1870-1940 / Wilson Chacko Jacob.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacob, Wilson Chacko, 1972-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masculinity--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Masculinity.
- National characteristics, English--History--19th century.
- National characteristics, English.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--History--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Egypt--History--British occupation, 1882-1936.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (441 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Describes how attempts to create a modern Egyptian self free from the colonial gaze were enacted through discourses of gender and sexuality during the British colonial period.
- Contents:
- Imagination : projecting British masculinity
- Genealogy : Mustafa Kamil and effendi masculinity
- Institution : physical culture and self-government
- Association : scouting, freedom, violence
- Games : international culture and desiring bodies
- Communication : sex, gender, and norms of physical culture
- Fashion : global affects of colonial modernity
- Knowledge : death, life, and the sovereign other.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613251756
- 9780822391678
- 0822391678
- 9781283251754
- 1283251752
- OCLC:
- 1139402546
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