Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt - Paperback
by Ziad Fahmy
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503613034ISBN-10:1503613038UPC:9781503613034Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle East, Modern, Media StudiesBook Topic:Egypt, 20th CenturySize:8.80 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCNY4MVX4Y
Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt
As the twentieth century roared on, transformative technologies-from trains, trams, and automobiles to radios and loudspeakers-fundamentally changed the sounds of the Egyptian streets. The cacophony of everyday life grew louder, and the Egyptian press featured editorials calling for the regulation of not only mechanized and amplified sounds, but also the voices of street vendors, the music of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503613034ISBN-10:1503613038UPC:9781503613034Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Middle East, Modern, Media StudiesBook Topic:Egypt, 20th CenturySize:8.80 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCNY4MVX4Y
Ziad Fahmy is Associate Professor of Modern Middle East History at Cornell University. He is the author of Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern National through Popular Culture (Stanford, 2011).
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