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Remembering cosmopolitan Egypt : literature, culture, and empire
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ISBN: 9780415775113 0415775116 9780203881361 0203881362 9781135974060 1135974063 1135974071 1282153048 9786612153044 9781135974022 9781135974077 9780415836456 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Routledge,

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Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. While it has been widely noted that such a relationship exists, the nature and impact of this dynamic is often overlooked. Taking a theoretical, literary and historical approach, the author argues that the notion of the cosmopolitan is inseparable from, and indebted to, its foundation in empire.Since the late 1970s a number of artistic works have appeared that represent the diversity of ethnic, national, and rel

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