Making Cairo Medieval

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23181069
EditoresNezar Alsayyad, Irene A Bierman, Nasser Rabbat
Ano2005
Data de publicação2005-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoMaking Cairo Medieval (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraLexington Books (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5771/9780739157435
OpenAlexW4407882079
ISBN9780739157435
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

During the nineteenth century, Cairo witnessed once of its most dramatic periods of transformation. Well on its way to becoming a modern and cosmopolitan city, by the end of the century, a 'medieval' Cairo had somehow come into being. While many Europeans in the nineteenth century viewed Cairo as a fundamentally dual city—physically and psychically split between East/West and modern/medieval—the contributors to the provocative collection demonstrate that, in fact, this process of inscription was the result of restoration practices, museology, and tourism initiated by colonial occupiers. The first edited volume to address nineteenth-century Cairo both in terms of its history and the perception of its achievements, this book will be an essential text for courses in architectural and art history dealing with the Islamic world.

Ancient history · Art · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Architecture and Cultural Influences · History · Islamic Studies and History