The Desire to Disappear in Order Not to Disappear
Cairene Ex-Prisoners after the 25 January Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4380150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Frederika Malmström (0000-0002-6420-1376, Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Sweden [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 96-111 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7674 • E-ISSN: 2047-7716 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/cja.2021.390207 |
| OpenAlex | W3199131413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article tells a story of the aftermath of the 'failed revolution' in Egypt through the prism of sound and gendered political prisoner bodies. It created embodied reactions among Cairene men-years after their lived prison experiences-in which depression, sorrow, stress, paranoia, rage, or painful body memories are prevalent. Affect theory shows how sonic vibrations-important stimuli within everyday experience, with a unique power to induce strong affective states-mediate consciousness, including heightened states of attention and anxiety. Sound, or the lack thereof, stimulates, disorients, transforms, and controls. The sound of life is transformed into the sound of death; the desire to disappear in order not to disappear again produces 'ghost bodies' alienated from the 'new Egypt', but from the family and the self too
Affect · RAGE · Sorrow · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Water Governance and Infrastructure
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |