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Global dreams : class, gender, and public space in cosmopolitan Cairo /
"At the start of the twenty-first century, Cairo's cityscape has acquired a spectacular global touch. Its luxurious five-star hotels, high-rise office buildings, immaculately clean malls, and swanky coffee shops serving cafe latte and caesar salad, along with the budding gated communities...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "At the start of the twenty-first century, Cairo's cityscape has acquired a spectacular global touch. Its luxurious five-star hotels, high-rise office buildings, immaculately clean malls, and swanky coffee shops serving cafe latte and caesar salad, along with the budding gated communities in the city's desert expanses, exemplify three decades of economic liberalization. In the surrounding social landscape, the gradual abrogation of the Nasser-era structures that provided many with low-cost goods and services is dearly felt. This new study examines Cairo's experience of economic liberalization in an era of globalization. It asks what happened to a postcolonial middle class that was once the carrier of national aspirations and dreams. It explores how young middle-class professionals navigate Cairo's increasingly divided landscape and discusses the rise of a young upper-middle class presence in the work, leisure, and public spaces of the city."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781617975028 1617975028 9781617972515 1617972517 |
| Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |