Revolutionary life : the everyday of the Arab Spring / Asef Bayat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayat, Asef, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Manners and customs.

Egypt--History--2011-.

Egypt.

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

Tunisia--History--Demonstrations, 2010-.

Tunisia.

Egypt--Social life and customs--20th century.

Egypt--Social life and customs--21st century.

Tunisia--Social life and customs--20th century.

Tunisia--Social life and customs--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"From a leading scholar of the Middle East and North Africa comes a new way of thinking about the Arab Spring and the meaning of revolution. From the standpoint of revolutionary politics, the Arab Spring can seem like a wasted effort. In Tunisia, where the wave of protest began, as well as in Egypt and the Gulf, regime change never fully took hold. Yet if the Arab Spring failed to disrupt the structures of governments, the movement was transformative in farms, families, and factories, souks and schools. Seamlessly blending field research, on-the-ground interviews, and social theory, Asef Bayat shows how the practice of everyday life in Egypt and Tunisia was fundamentally altered by revolutionary activity. Women, young adults, the very poor, and members of the underground queer community can credit the Arab Spring with steps toward equality and freedom. There is also potential for further progress, as women’s rights in particular now occupy a firm place in public discourse, preventing retrenchment and ensuring that marginalized voices remain louder than in prerevolutionary days. In addition, the Arab Spring empowered workers: in Egypt alone, more than 700,000 farmers unionized during the years of protest. Labor activism brought about material improvements for a wide range of ordinary people and fostered new cultural and political norms that the forces of reaction cannot simply wish away. In Bayat’s telling, the Arab Spring emerges as a paradigmatic case of “refolution”—revolution that engenders reform rather than radical change. Both a detailed study and a moving appeal, Revolutionary Life identifies the social gains that were won through resistance."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Everyday life and revolution

The subaltern under autocracies

The subaltern in the uprisings

The poor and plebeian

Mothers, daughters, and the gender paradox

Children of revolution

The social world

Whatever happened to the revolution?

Other Format:

Print version: Bayat, Asef Revolutionary Life

ISBN:

9780674269484 (electronic book)

9780674269477

0674269470

9780674269484

0674269489

OCLC:

1285959786