Ordinary Egyptians : creating the modern nation through popular culture, 1870-1919 /

Fahmy, Ziad

Ordinary Egyptians : creating the modern nation through popular culture, 1870-1919 / Ziad Fahmy. - xvi, 244 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Colloquial Egyptian, media capitalism, and nationalism -- Political centralization to cultural centralization -- Print capitalism and the beginnings of colloquial mass culture, 1870-1882 -- New media : laughter, satire, and song, 1882-1908 -- Media capitalism : from mass culture to mass practice, 1907-1919 -- The Egyptian street : carnival, popular culture, and the 1919 revolution.

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Nationalism--History--Egypt--19th century.
Nationalism--History--Egypt--20th century.
National characteristics, Egyptian--History--19th century.
National characteristics, Egyptian--History--20th century.
Popular culture--History--Egypt--19th century.
Popular culture--History--Egypt--20th century.



--Reading book

962.04 / FAH