Acting Egyptian: Theater, Identity, and Political Culture in Cairo, 1869-1930

by Carmen M Gitre

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, during the "protectorate" period of British occupation in Egypt--theaters and other performance sites were vital for imagining, mirroring, debating, and shaping competing conceptions of modern Egyptian identity. Central figures in this diverse spectrum were the effendis, an emerging class of urban, male, anticolonial professionals whose role would ultimately become dominant. Acting Egyptian argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477319182
• ISBN13: 9781477319185
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"