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Pyramids and Nightclubs - A Travel Ethnography of Arab and Western Imaginations of Egypt, from King Tut and a Colony of Atlantis to Rumors of Sex Orgies, Urban Legends about a (Paperback)
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Pyramids and Nightclubs - A Travel Ethnography of Arab and Western Imaginations of Egypt, from King Tut and a Colony of Atlantis to Rumors of Sex Orgies, Urban Legends about a (Paperback)
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2008 — Leeds Honor Book in Urban Anthropology – Society for
Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology Living in
Egypt at the turn of the millennium, cultural anthropologist L. L.
Wynn was struck by the juxtapositions of Western, Gulf Arab, and
Egyptian viewpoints she encountered. For some, Egypt is the land of
mummies and pharaohs. For others, it is a vortex of decadence,
where nightlife promises a chance to salivate over belly dancers
and maybe even glimpse a movie star. Offering a new approach to
ethnography, Pyramids and Nightclubs examines cross-cultural
encounters to bring to light the counterintuitive ways in which
Egypt is defined. Guiding readers on an armchair journey that
introduces us to Russian and Australian belly dancers on Nile
cruise ships, Egyptian rumors about an Arab prince and his royal
entourage, Saudi girls looking for a less restrictive dating scene,
and other visitors to this "antique" land, Wynn uses the lens of
travel and tourism to depict a fascinating and often surprising
version of Egypt, while exploring the concept of stereotype itself.
Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt
through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic
disparities brought about by the oil industry, Pyramids and
Nightclubs ultimately describes the ways in which moments of
cultural contact, driven by tourism and labor migration, become
eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other.
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