Pyramids & nightclubs : a travel ethnography of Arab and Western imaginations of Egypt, from King Tut and a colony of Atlantis to rumors of sex orgies, urban legends about a marauding prince, and blonde belly dancers /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wynn, L. L., 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Urban anthropology > Egypt > Cairo.
Culture and tourism > Egypt > Cairo.
Anthropologie urbaine > Égypte > Le Caire.
Ethnotourisme > Égypte > Le Caire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Culture and tourism
Manners and customs
Public opinion
Urban anthropology
Cairo (Egypt) > Public opinion.
Cairo (Egypt) > History.
Cairo (Egypt) > Social life and customs.
Egypt > Cairo
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: From the pyramids to the nightclubs of Pyramids Road
  • Ethics and methodology of a transnational anthropology
  • Buried treasure
  • Atlantis and red mercury
  • Sex orgies, a marauding prince, and other rumors about gulf tourism
  • Transnational dating
  • Palimpsest, excavation, graffiti, simulacra : an ethnography of the idea of Egypt.

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