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Symbolism and Folk Imagery in Early Egyptian Political Caricatures : The Wafd Election Campaign, 1920-1923 /
"This impressive work successfully combines two genres. It serves as a collection catalogue of hitherto largely unknown graphic images of great historical value, and it offers an analytical history based on those images which enriches our understanding of the politics, culture, and society of e...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Salt Lake City :
The University of Utah Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- General Egyptian historical background to 1914
- The career of Saad Pasha Zaghlul and early post-war Wafd politics
- Political caricature and folk imagery in the 19th century : were European prototypes "transferable" to the non-European world?
- Punch satirical prototypes "exported" to culturally restricted audiences beyond Europe : the Awadh Punch in India, Egypt's Abou Naddara and Al-Siyosah al Muawwarah
- "Real precedents" : popular non-political/non-satirical posters by Cairo Punch and lesser-known lithographers
- Wafd political posters between 1919 and 1923 : symbolism and folk imagery
- Conclusion : evolving stages of caricature by mid-century : sophisticated satirical comics and daily imagery.