Sophie Frankford
Biographic Data
| ID | 221269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophie Frankford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophie |
| FAMILY NAME | Frankford |
| SIGNATURE | FRANKFORD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | King’s College London, London, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5194-0711 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Listening to Shaykh Imam
The Egyptian singer-composer Shaykh Imam (1918-1995) holds an almost mythical place in the social imaginary of the Arab left. An icon of dissent, he rose to fame in the late 1960s with a stream of songs commenting on current events and criticising the failings of successive political regimes. This article, based on ethnographic fieldwork in Egypt with fans of Imam (all of whom were involved with student / leftist politics to varying degrees durin…
Cleaning up shaʿbi
Egyptian shaʿbi music is typically positioned as a somewhat vulgar style produced and consumed by the working-class masses. But in practice, numerous individuals have long been attempting to sanitise it to appeal to audiences deemed more elite. This article, based on 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork with musicians and producers in Cairo, investigates how this mainstream, mass-mediated, commercially successful version of shaʿbi, known as 'clean…
The Musicians' Syndicate and the contradictions of state control over music in Egypt
Based on 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Cairo with musicians who perform a musical style known as shaʿbi, this article unravels the complex role that the state-affiliated Musicians' Syndicate plays in musicians' working lives in order to investigate the contradictions of state control over music in Egypt. Focusing on moments of encounter between musicians and Syndicate officials, I consider why my interlocutors' time was split between eva…
The Musicians' Syndicate and the contradictions of state control over music in Egypt
Based on 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Cairo with musicians who perform a musical style known as shaʿbi, this article unravels the complex role that the state-affiliated Musicians' Syndicate plays in musicians' working lives in order to investigate the contradictions of state control over music in Egypt. Focusing on moments of encounter between musicians and Syndicate officials, I consider why my interlocutors' time was split between eva…
The Musicians' Syndicate and the contradictions of state control over music in Egypt
Based on 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Cairo with musicians who perform a musical style known as shaʿbi, this article unravels the complex role that the state-affiliated Musicians' Syndicate plays in musicians' working lives in order to investigate the contradictions of state control over music in Egypt. Focusing on moments of encounter between musicians and Syndicate officials, I consider why my interlocutors' time was split between eva…
Cleaning up shaʿbi
Egyptian shaʿbi music is typically positioned as a somewhat vulgar style produced and consumed by the working-class masses. But in practice, numerous individuals have long been attempting to sanitise it to appeal to audiences deemed more elite. This article, based on 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork with musicians and producers in Cairo, investigates how this mainstream, mass-mediated, commercially successful version of shaʿbi, known as 'clean…
Listening to Shaykh Imam
The Egyptian singer-composer Shaykh Imam (1918-1995) holds an almost mythical place in the social imaginary of the Arab left. An icon of dissent, he rose to fame in the late 1960s with a stream of songs commenting on current events and criticising the failings of successive political regimes. This article, based on ethnographic fieldwork in Egypt with fans of Imam (all of whom were involved with student / leftist politics to varying degrees durin…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Active listening (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Algorithm (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Art (1 works)