The Age of the Efendiyya: Passages to Modernity in National-Colonial Egypt

ISBN-13: 9780198824398 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 304 str.

Lucie Ryzova

Opis

In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of "modern men" emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952.

Recenzje

An outstanding accomplishment, original, illuminating, and thought provoking. The Age of the Efendiyya offers an entirely fresh reading on the rise, evolution, and formation of Egypt and the Middle East's modern middle class: the "new man/woman." Ryzova systematically and comprehensively explores the critical role of the Efendiyya in producing and propelling authentic, home-made modernity in society, culture, and politics. Exploiting impeccable archival, print, and visual sources, never before used, Ryzova is the first scholar to penetrate the mindset of the Efediyya, through its discourse, actions, and daily minutiae.

O autorze

Lucie Ryzova is Lecturer in Middle East History at the University of Birmigham. She is a cultural historian working on modern Egypt.