| Description |
1 online resource (336 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature
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Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
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| Summary |
Six years before the Egyptian revolution of January 2011, many young Egyptians had resorted to blogging as a means of self-expression and literary creativity. This resulted in the emergence of a new literary genre: the autofictional blog. Such blogs are explored here as forms of digital literature, combining literary analysis and interviews with the authors. The blogs analysed give readers a glimpse into the daily lives, feelings and aspirations of the Egyptian youth who have pushed the country towards a revolution. The narratives are also indicative of significant aesthetic and political developments taking place in Arabic literature and culture, giving an insight to the mindset of Arab youth in times of a cultural and political revolution. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Egyptian Blogs Between Fiction and Autobiography; 1. Arabic Literature Goes Digital; 2. The Paratext of Egyptian Blogs; 3. Mixed Arabic as a Subversive Literary Style; 4. When Writers Activate Readers; 5. Bytes of Freedom: Fictionalized Bodies in the Egyptian Blogosphere; 6. Blogging a Revolution: From Utopia to Dystopia; Conclusion; List of Works Cited. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Blogs -- Egypt.
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Blogs. |
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Egypt. |
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Bloggers -- Egypt.
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Bloggers. |
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Arabic literature.
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Arabic literature. |
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Egypt -- History -- Protests, 2011-2013.
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| Chronological Term |
2011-2013 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Blogs. |
| Added Author |
Pepe, Teresa.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blogging from Egypt. Digital literature, 2005-2016. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2019 9781474433990 (OCoLC)1089236168 |
| ISBN |
9781474434010 (electronic book) |
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1474434010 (electronic book) |
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9781474433990 |
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1474433995 |
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