Global dreams : class, gender, and public space in cosmopolitan Cairo / Class, gender, and public space in cosmopolitan Cairo

Global dreams : class, gender, and public space in cosmopolitan Cairo /

"At the start of the twenty-first century, Cairo's cityscape has acquired a spectacular global touch. Its luxurious five-star hotels, high-rise office buildings, immaculately clean malls, and swanky coffee shops serving cafe latte and caesar salad, along with the budding gated communities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koning, Anouk de (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Middle class > Egypt > Cairo.
Social classes > Egypt > Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Cairo (Egypt) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: young professionals and the city
  • 1. Dreams of a global Cairo: history, present and future
  • 2. The education of class
  • 3. The logics of reform: belonging in Cairo's coffee shops
  • 4. Class and cosmopolitan belonging in Cairo's coffee shops
  • 5. Of taxi drivers, prostitutes, and professional women: gender, public space, and social segregation
  • Conclusion: global dreams and post colonial predicaments.

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