Nasser in the Egyptian Imaginary

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23489366
AutoresOmar Khalifah (Georgetown University in Qatar, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Fecha de publicación2016-11-18
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaNasser in the Egyptian Imaginary (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1515/9781474410205
OpenAlexW779596332
Open LibraryOL37261299M
ISBN9781474410205
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas27

Examines representations of Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egyptian novels, short stories, autobiographies and films The late President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), has been represented in many major works of Egyptian literature and film, and continues to have a presence in everyday life and discourse in the country. Omar Khalifah’s analysis of these representations focuses on how the historical character of Nasser has emerged in the Egyptian imaginary. He explores the recurrent images of Nasser in literature and film and shows how Nasser constitutes a perfect site for plural interpretations. He argues that Nasser has become a rhetorical device, a figure of speech, a trope that connotes specific images constantly invoked whenever he is mentioned. His study makes a case for literature and art to be seen as alternative archives that question, erase, distort and add to the official history of Nasser. Key Features Contributes to the ongoing debate on Nasser and his relevance to modern Egyptians Traces, contextualizes, and analyses the making of Nasser’s image(s) in creative productions including novels, short stories, autobiographies and film Shows how Nasser functions for many Egyptians as a site of memory at times disconnected from the real historical figure he once was

Art · Character (mathematics) · Linguistics · Literature · Plural · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Relevance (law) · Rhetorical question · The Imaginary · Trope (literature) · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Arabic literature · gamal abdel Nasser (1918-1970) · History and criticism · in literature · In motion pictures · Motion pictures