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 /

Wynn, L. L., 1971-

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 / [electronic resource] : Pyramids and nightclubs L.L. Wynn. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - xv, 279 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-265)and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Urban anthropology--Egypt--Cairo.
Culture and tourism--Egypt--Cairo.


Cairo (Egypt)--Public opinion.
Cairo (Egypt)--History.
Cairo (Egypt)--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

GN648 / .W96 2007

306.4/819096216