Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt

by Ziad Fahmy

Book Overview

As the twentieth century roared on, transformative technologies-from trains, trams, and automobiles to radios and loudspeakers-fundamentally changed the sounds of the Egyptian streets. The cacophony of everyday life grew louder, and the Egyptian press featured editorials calling for the regulation of not only mechanized and amplified sounds, but also the voices of street vendors, the music of wedding processions, and even the traditional funerary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503613038
• ISBN13: 9781503613034
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"