The Streets Are Talking to Me: Affective Fragments in Sisi's Egypt

Maria Frederika Malmström

Published by University of California Press 2019

The Streets Are Talking to Me

Affective Fragments in Sisi's Egypt

Maria Frederika Malmström

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520973046

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This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights into the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, into life and politics in the aftermath of these events. Focusing on the qualities of the sensory world, Maria Frederika Malmström explores the dramatic differences after the Egyptian revolution and their implications for society—the lack of sound in the floating landscape of Cairo after the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the role of material things in the sit-ins of 2013, the military evocation of masculinities (and the destruction of alternative ones), and how people experience pain, rage, disgust, euphoria, and passion in the body. While focused primarily on changes unfolding in Egypt, this study also investigates how materiality and affect provide new possibilities for examining societies in transition. A book of rare honesty and vulnerability, The Streets Are Talking to Me is a brilliant, unconventional, and self-conscious ethnography of the space where affect, material life, violence, political crisis, and masculinities meet one another.

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MalmströmMaria Frederika:

Maria Frederika Malmström is Associate Professor in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. Her first book, The Politics of Female Circumcision in Egypt, approached gender, sexuality, and the construction of identity in relation to global politics.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction: Materiality and Politics of Affect in Egypt: A Study of (Non-)Change Grounded in Empirical Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. “Fake Face”: Body, Matter, Cityscape as One Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Love of the Motherland and Loss of Its Meaning: Bodies of Passion, Shame, Grief, and Betrayal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. Metamorphosing Sonic Rhythm: A Loss of Navigation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. Vicious Circles of Uncertainty: Vibrant Affective Matter That Matters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5. The National Prison of Politics: Masculinities, Nationalism, and Islam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
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