An
incurable past
Nasser's Egypt then and now
Belli, M�eriam N.
creator
ebrary, Inc
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bibliography
biography
Electronic books.
flu
Gainesville
University Press of Florida
c2013
2013
monographic
eng
xii, 295 p. : ill.
A look at the interplay between human experience and its cultural representations in mid-twentieth-century Egypt.
Introduction: This incurable otherness -- Part I: Retelling Salah al-Din : the future is everything -- 1. Farouk is gone, long live the revolution -- 2. The new order -- Part II: Burn, Edmund, burn : the present is everything -- 3. When Edmund Allenby became al-Limby -- 4. Port Said, martyr city -- 5. The end of history -- Part III: St. Mary, mother of Egypt : the past is everything -- 6. The science of miracles -- 7. Globalizing the virgin, nationalizing religion -- Conclusion: "What revolution?".
M�eriam N. Belli.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Nasser, Gamal Abdel
1918-1970
Blessed Virgin, Saint
Mary
Apparitions and miracles
Egypt
Cairo
Egypt
History
1952-1970
Egypt
Politics and government
1952-1970
Egypt
Social conditions
1952-1970
Port Said (Egypt)
History
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