Pyramids & nightclubs [electronic resource] : 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 / L.L. Wynn.

By: Wynn, L. L, 1971-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 279 p. : illOther title: Pyramids and nightclubsSubject(s): Urban anthropology -- Egypt -- Cairo | Culture and tourism -- Egypt -- Cairo | Cairo (Egypt) -- Public opinion | Cairo (Egypt) -- History | Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.4/819096216 LOC classification: GN648 | .W96 2007Online resources: Click to View
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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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.

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