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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koning, Anouk de (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: young professionals and the city
  • 1. Dreams of a global Cairo: history, present and future
  • 2. The education of class
  • 3. The logics of reform: belonging in Cairo's coffee shops
  • 4. Class and cosmopolitan belonging in Cairo's coffee shops
  • 5. Of taxi drivers, prostitutes, and professional women: gender, public space, and social segregation
  • Conclusion: global dreams and post colonial predicaments.