TY - BOOK ID - 103633302 TI - The literary life of Cairo : one hundred years in the heart of the city PY - 2011 SN - 9774163907 1306492467 1617971707 161797451X 9781617974519 9781306492461 9789774163906 PB - Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cairo (Egypt) KW - Social life and customs. KW - In literature. KW - Kairo (Egypt) KW - Kair (Egypt) KW - Qāhirah (Egypt) KW - Kahirah (Egypt) KW - Caire (Egypt) KW - Le Caire (Egypt) KW - Ḳahir (Egypt) KW - القاهرة (Egypt) KW - al-Qāhirah (Egypt) KW - القاهرة (مصر) KW - al-Qāhirah (Miṣr) KW - قاهرة (Egypt) KW - O Caire (Egypt) KW - Lo Cayiro (Egypt) KW - Lo Quèro (Egypt) KW - Каир (Egypt) KW - Qahirä (Egypt) KW - Горад Каір (Egypt) KW - Horad Kair (Egypt) KW - Каір (Egypt) KW - Кайро (Egypt) KW - El Caire (Egypt) KW - Káhira (Egypt) KW - Κάιρο (Egypt) KW - El Cairo (Egypt) KW - El Cairu (Egypt) KW - Keiro (Egypt) KW - Caireo (Egypt) KW - O Cairo (Egypt) KW - 카이로 (Egypt) KW - Il Cairo (Egypt) KW - קהיר (Egypt) KW - Egypt UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:103633302 AB - Unlike The Literary Atlas of Cairo, which focuses on the literary geopolitics of the cityscape, this companion volume immerses the reader in the complex network of socioeconomic and cultural lives in the city. The seven chapters first introduce the reader to representations of some of Cairo's prominent profiles, both political and cultural, and their impact on the city's literary geography, before presenting a spectrum of readings of the city by its multiethnic, multinational, and multilingual writers across class, gender, and generation. Daunting images of colonial school experiences and star ER -