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LEADER: 01922cam a2200397 i 4500
001 2012012707
003 DLC
005 20140730075347.0
008 120326s2012 nyu b 001 0deng
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050 00 $aPJ7876.I9$bZ7533 2012
082 00 $a892.7/8509$223
084 $aPOL045000$aPOL035000$aHIS009000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKhālidī, Buthaynah.
245 10 $aEgypt awakening in the early twentieth century :$bMayy Ziyadah's intellectual circles /$cBoutheina Khaldi.
250 $aFirst edition.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2012.
300 $a237 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aMiddle East today
520 $a"Through her detailed study of Mayy Ziyādah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypt's Nahdah (Awakening). Bringing together history, women's studies, Arabic literature, post-colonial literature, and media studies, she highlights the important and previously little-discussed contribution of Arabic women to the modernity project"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index.
600 10 $aZiyādah, Mayy.
650 0 $aSalons$zEgypt$zCairo$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAuthors, Arab$zEgypt$xIntellectual life$y20th century.
650 0 $aWomen$zEgypt$xIntellectual life$y20th century.
651 0 $aEgypt$xIntellectual life$y20th century.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt).$2bisacsh