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Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Researching "Modern" Cairo 1. Relocation and the Creation of a Global City 2. Relocation and the Daily Use of "Modern" Spaces 3. Old Places, New Identities 4. Gender and the Struggle over Public Spaces 5. Religion in a Global Era 6. Roads to Prosperity Conclusion: Homes, Mosques, and the Making of a Global Cairo Notes Bibliography Index

Remaking the Modern

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 19/09/2002
      ISBN13: 9780520230460, 978-0520230460
      ISBN10: 0520230469
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Researching "Modern" Cairo 1. Relocation and the Creation of a Global City 2. Relocation and the Daily Use of "Modern" Spaces 3. Old Places, New Identities 4. Gender and the Struggle over Public Spaces 5. Religion in a Global Era 6. Roads to Prosperity Conclusion: Homes, Mosques, and the Making of a Global Cairo Notes Bibliography Index

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