The Streets Are Talking to Me : Affective Fragments in Sisi's Egypt / Maria Frederika Malmström.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malmström, Maria Frederika, 1969- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Egypt.

Islam and politics.

Protest movements--Arab countries.

Protest movements.

Social movements--Egypt.

Social movements.

Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013.

Egypt.

Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights into the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, into life and politics in the aftermath of these events. Focusing on the qualities of the sensory world, Maria Frederika Malmström explores the dramatic differences after the Egyptian revolution and their implications for society-the lack of sound in the floating landscape of Cairo after the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the role of material things in the sit-ins of 2013, the military evocation of masculinities (and the destruction of alternative ones), and how people experience pain, rage, disgust, euphoria, and passion in the body. While focused primarily on changes unfolding in Egypt, this study also investigates how materiality and affect provide new possibilities for examining societies in transition. A book of rare honesty and vulnerability, The Streets Are Talking to Me is a brilliant, unconventional, and self-conscious ethnography of the space where affect, material life, violence, political crisis, and masculinities meet one another.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: Materiality and Politics of Affect in Egypt: A Study of (Non-)Change Grounded in Empirical Research

1. "Fake Face": Body, Matter, Cityscape as One

2. Love of the Motherland and Loss of Its Meaning: Bodies of Passion, Shame, Grief, and Betrayal

3. Metamorphosing Sonic Rhythm: A Loss of Navigation

4. Vicious Circles of Uncertainty: Vibrant Affective Matter That Matters

5. The National Prison of Politics: Masculinities, Nationalism, and Islam

Epilogue

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520973046

0520973046

OCLC:

1097365438