Neighborhood and Boulevard
Reading through the Modern Arab City
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, Middle Eastern, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | K. Ziadeh | ISBN: | 9780230120075 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | October 10, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | K. Ziadeh |
| ISBN: | 9780230120075 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | October 10, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Combines the styles of memoir, history, anthropology, and theory to develop an innovative reflection on the materiality of culture. Through its style and content, the text challenges the Orientalist bifurcation between tradition and modernity in the Arab world, revealing instead tradition's own dynamism and its coexistence alongside modernity.
Combines the styles of memoir, history, anthropology, and theory to develop an innovative reflection on the materiality of culture. Through its style and content, the text challenges the Orientalist bifurcation between tradition and modernity in the Arab world, revealing instead tradition's own dynamism and its coexistence alongside modernity.
