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Remaking the modern : space, relocation, and the politics of identity in a global Cairo / Farha Ghannam.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.Description: xii, 214 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780520230460 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520230469 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76/0962/16
LOC classification:
  • HT 384 G411r 2002
Online resources: A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
Contents:
Relocation and the creation of a global city -- Relocation and the daily use of "modern" spaces -- Old places, new identities -- Gender and the struggle over public spaces -- Religion in a global era -- Roads to prosperity.
Summary: In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital, the Egyptian government relocated residents to public housing on the outskirts of the city. This study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the location.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HT 384 G411r 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000072885

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-206) and index.

Relocation and the creation of a global city -- Relocation and the daily use of "modern" spaces -- Old places, new identities -- Gender and the struggle over public spaces -- Religion in a global era -- Roads to prosperity.

In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital, the Egyptian government relocated residents to public housing on the outskirts of the city. This study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the location.

A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.

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