National Robin Hoods and Local Avengers
On Two Shifts in the Criminal Myth of Rayyā and Sakīna in Present Day Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7315366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena Chiti (0000-0002-3086-5350, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 517-534 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/johs.12343 |
| OpenAlex | W3196913945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
The article examines bandit myths from a socio‐historical perspective, as part of the socio‐cultural reality of present‐day Egypt. It engages in the semiotics of banditry encouraged by Stephanie Cronin by taking a first step towards a social semiotics analysis of Rayyā and Sakīna, the two Egyptian female criminals par excellence, arrested in 1920 and executed in 1921. I will argue that Rayyā and Sakīna's criminal myth is currently being resignified in terms that can be conceived of as social banditry. Ethnography, press, and broadcast sources help to highlight two different recent shifts towards bandit myths, linked respectively to national and local circulation
Art · Criminology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Excellence · Literature · Media studies · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Classics · Families in Therapy and Culture · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |