An incurable past [electronic resource] : Nasser's Egypt then and now / Meriam N. Belli.
Material type: TextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013Description: xii, 295 p. : illISBN: 9780813045047 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1918-1970 | Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Apparitions and miracles -- Egypt -- Cairo | Egypt -- History -- 1952-1970 | Egypt -- Politics and government -- 1952-1970 | Egypt -- Social conditions -- 1952-1970 | Port Said (Egypt) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 962.05/3 LOC classification: DT107.83 | .B46 2013Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: This incurable otherness -- Part I: Retelling Salah al-Din : the future is everything -- 1. Farouk is gone, long live the revolution -- 2. The new order -- Part II: Burn, Edmund, burn : the present is everything -- 3. When Edmund Allenby became al-Limby -- 4. Port Said, martyr city -- 5. The end of history -- Part III: St. Mary, mother of Egypt : the past is everything -- 6. The science of miracles -- 7. Globalizing the virgin, nationalizing religion -- Conclusion: "What revolution?".
A look at the interplay between human experience and its cultural representations in mid-twentieth-century 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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