Revolutionary anxieties : defending privilege in the wake of the 2011 Egyptian revolution / Liina Mustonen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mustonen, Liina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--Egypt.

Elite (Social sciences).

Egypt.

Egypt--Economic conditions--1981-.

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

Egypt--Politics and government--1981-2011.

Egypt--Social conditions--1981-.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Liina Mustonen is a researcher at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN), University of Helsinki.

Summary:

Revolutionary Anxieties sheds light on an unexplored dimension of the 2011 Egyptian revolution: the anxieties experienced by Cairo-based liberal elite who opposed the rise of the Islamists. It illustrates how members of Egyptian liberal and cultural elites insisted on their privilege in a moment when the country's class hierarchies were challenged.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

"Go forward to the glorious past": Politicized nostalgia

Attack on civilization: Saving the Egyptian cinema culture

The politics of high culture: Anxieties at the Opera House

The "Others": The ugly, the ignorant servant, and the abstract poor

Gendered anxieties: Saving the modern woman

Postcolonial elites, identity, and memory culture

Conclusion

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-8766-3

1-5261-8768-X

9781526187666

OCLC:

1584473069