With the Obama campaign universally acknowledged as the most successfully marketed presidential campaign of all time, the future of political marketing is fiercely contested, provoking a wealth of hig
In the Balkans, says Bjelic (U. of Southern Maine, US), the pathology of ethnic hatred and war was conjured up by psychoanalytic language strategically deployed to normalize the contested geography of
Egyptian author and human rights activist Nawal El Saadawi compares and debates the meanings of homeland versus birthplace in a controversial location such as contemporary Cairo. She weaves personal c
Schizophrenia has been one of psychiatry's most contested diagnostic categories. It has also served as a metaphor for cultural theorists to interpret modern and postmodern understandings of the self.
Military working dogs gained widespread attention after Cairo participated in the SEAL Team 6 mission that led to Osama bin Laden’s death. Before that, few civilians realized that dogs served in comba
The 2011 revolution in Egypt was revolutionary far beyond regime change in Cairo. It may be considered our first view of? what a civil, egalitarian society in the Middle East might look like in the ag
Black Men Worshipping analyzes the discursive spaces where Black masculinity is constructed, performed, and contested in American religion and culture. It judiciously considers the anxiety that emerge
Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organ
What does one contested account of an enslaved woman tell us about our difficult racial past? Part history, part anthropology, and part detective story, The Accidental Slaveowner traces, from the 1850
What does one contested account of an enslaved woman tell us about our difficult racial past? Part history, part anthropology, and part detective story, The Accidental Slaveowner traces, from the 1850
Mental illness is a highly controversial and contested field, informed by the ideas and research of academics and practitioners working in psychiatry, psychology, pharmacology, sociology, genetics and
Mental illness is a highly controversial and contested field, informed by the ideas and research of academics and practitioners working in psychiatry, psychology, pharmacology, sociology, genetics and
Architecture exists in the public sphere and is the product of collective work andknowledge. Yet the defining boundaries of the discipline are often contested. Architects can andoften must embody a sp
Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875-1961) has made a major, though still contested, impact on the field of religious studies. Alternately revered and reviled, the subject of adoring memoirs and scathin
Black Men Worshipping analyzes the discursive spaces where black Christian masculinity is constructed, performed, and contested in American religion and culture.? It judiciously considers the anxiety
"As the 25 January Revolution got under way and grew from strength to strength, six young Egyptian photographers found themselves following and documenting the events in different parts of Cairo, and
Economics is a contested academic discipline between neoclassical economics and a collection of alternative approaches, such as Marxism-radical economics, Institutional economics, Post Keynesian econo
The meaning of the American Revolution has always been a much-contested question, and asking it is particularly important today: the standard, easily digested narrative puts the Founding Fathers at th
The meaning of the American Revolution has always been a much-contested question, and asking it is particularly important today: the standard, easily digested narrative puts the Founding Fathers at th
This book examines the contested representations of those murdered during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s in two small rural communities as they undergo the experience of exhumation, identification
Color is a ubiquitous yet essential part of the city, creating and shaping urban form. Who can forget the whites of modernist Brasilia? The greens of historic Cairo? The rosy reds of Petra? The terra
Sociologists mostly in the US explore social and political processes that cause diagnostic categories to emerge and disappear, how they are contested within and outside medicine, how diagnostic catego
As a corpus-based study which aims at profiling the food culture of medieval Cairo, the book is an attempt to reconstruct the menu of Cairenes as well as their various daily practices, customs and hab
This interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses idolatry, a contested issue that has given rise to both religious accusations and heated scholarly disputes. Idol Anxiety brings together insightf
Representing a spectrum of current scholarship, this volume illuminates the relationship of China's radical past to its reformist present as China makes a way forward through contested visions of the
A serious comic novel from the award-winning author of The Lodging House.Tucked away in a rundown quarter, just out of sight of fashionable downtown Cairo, a group of intellectuals gathers regularly t
Political communities are defined - and often contested - through stories and storytelling. Scholars have long recognized that two foundational sets of stories - narratives of contact and narratives o
Modern Trends in Physics Research MTPR-08 was the third of the International Conference series held biannually by the Physics Department in Faculty of Science of Cairo University.The objectives of the
Imam Jalal-al-Din `Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti (849--911 AH / 1445--1505 AD) was born, lived and was buried in Cairo. The ascription `al-Suyuti' is a reference to Asyut, a town in Upper Egypt from which h
Since the early days of film, critics and theorists have contested the value of formula, clich?, conventional imagery, and recurring narrative patterns of reduced complexity in cinema. Whether it's th
Since the early days of film, critics and theorists have contested the value of formula, clich?, conventional imagery, and recurring narrative patterns of reduced complexity in cinema. Whether it's th
In "Rebel, My Brother," Kahahof (1917-1979) describes the lives of her Iraqi and Tunisian-born Jewish parents living in Cairo in the mid-1950s. In "Welcome, Sadat," her last piece, she reimagines the
Globalization has been contested in recent times. Among the critical perspectives is cosmopolitanism. Yet, with the exception of normative theory, International Relations as a field has ignored cosmo
Globalization has been contested in recent times. Among the critical perspectives is cosmopolitanism. Yet, with the exception of normative theory, International Relations as a field has ignored cosmo
Una apasionante historia de espías entre el desierto de África y El Cairo durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Esta impactante novela nos lleva a las ardientes arenas de África del Norte durante la Segun
"An accomplished biographer. . . .Highly recommended."?ChoiceBiographical writing about T. S. Eliot is in a more confused and contested state than with any other major twentieth-century writer. This b
"In a clear and historically incisive argument, Kamrava and the other contributors indicate how the Islamic concept of innovation (Arabic, bid 'a) is an essentially contested and adaptive concept. Sin
"In a clear and historically incisive argument, Kamrava and the other contributors indicate how the Islamic concept of innovation (Arabic, bid 'a) is an essentially contested and adaptive concept. Sin
In Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irreleva
