Pyramids & nightclubs
Wynn, L. L., 1971-
Pyramids & 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 marauding prince, and blonde belly dancers / [electronic resource] : Pyramids and nightclubs L.L. Wynn. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - xv, 279 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-265)and index.
Introduction: From the pyramids to the nightclubs of Pyramids Road -- Ethics and methodology of a transnational anthropology -- Buried treasure -- Atlantis and red mercury -- Sex orgies, a marauding prince, and other rumors about gulf tourism -- Transnational dating -- Palimpsest, excavation, graffiti, simulacra : an ethnography of the idea of Egypt.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Urban anthropology--Egypt--Cairo.
Culture and tourism--Egypt--Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt)--Public opinion.
Cairo (Egypt)--History.
Cairo (Egypt)--Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
GN648 / .W96 2007eb
306.4/819096216
Pyramids & 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 marauding prince, and blonde belly dancers / [electronic resource] : Pyramids and nightclubs L.L. Wynn. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - xv, 279 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-265)and index.
Introduction: From the pyramids to the nightclubs of Pyramids Road -- Ethics and methodology of a transnational anthropology -- Buried treasure -- Atlantis and red mercury -- Sex orgies, a marauding prince, and other rumors about gulf tourism -- Transnational dating -- Palimpsest, excavation, graffiti, simulacra : an ethnography of the idea of Egypt.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Urban anthropology--Egypt--Cairo.
Culture and tourism--Egypt--Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt)--Public opinion.
Cairo (Egypt)--History.
Cairo (Egypt)--Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
GN648 / .W96 2007eb
306.4/819096216