Middle Eastern cities, 1900-1950 : public places and public spheres in transformation /

Middle Eastern cities, 1900-1950 : public places and public spheres in transformation /

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Other Authors: Nielsen, Hans Chr. Korsholm., Skovgaard-Petersen, Jakob.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, c2001.

Series: Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus ; 1.

Subjects:

Cities and towns > Arab countries.
Islamic cities and towns. Urbanization > Arab countries.
Public spaces > Arab countries.

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Call Number: HT147.5 .M53 2001

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Public Places and Public Spheres in Transformation Colonising Popular Culture or Creating Modernity? Town Planning Schemes for Cairo The Pleasure of Public Space Muhammad 'Ali Street and the Nightclubs in Cairo (1900-1950) Sex and Cinema in Damascus The Early Museums and the Formation of Their Publics Istanbul in the 1940's and the Garip Poets The Appearance and Disappearance of Public Space Construction of the Public Sphere in the Middle Eastern Medina During the First Half of the 20th Century.