Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s

Cormack, Raphael

ISBN 10: 0393541134 / ISBN 13: 9780393541137

Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2021

Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. N° de réf. du vendeur 00091761718

Synopsis :

One of the world's most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and '30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, defining what it meant to be a "modern" Egyptian. Women came to dominate the Egyptian entertainment industry--as stars of the stage and screen but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of a new and strikingly modern entertainment industry.

Raphael Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent, enterprising women like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef (who launched one of Cairo's most important newspapers); nightclub singer Mounira al-Mahdiyya (the first woman to lead an Egyptian theater company) and her great rival, Oum Kalthoum (still venerated for her soulful lyrics); and other fabulous female stars of the interwar period, a time marked by excess and unheard-of freedom of expression. Buffeted by crosswinds of colonialism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, "religious" and "secular" values, patriarchy and feminism, this new generation of celebrities offered a new vision for women in Egypt and throughout the Middle East.

À propos de l'auteur: Raphael Cormack is an award-winning editor, translator, and writer. The author of Midnight in Cairo, Cormack is assistant professor of modern languages and cultures at Durham University in the United Kingdom.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's ...
Éditeur : W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition : 2021
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Good