Overview

Cairo Pop isthe first book to examine shababiyya, the dominant popular music of Egypt thatplays incessantly in Cairo, even while Egyptian youth joined in mass protestsagainst their government. Daniel J. Gilman, who lived in Cairo at the time ofthe revolution, analyzes the relationship between massmediated popular music,modernity, and nationalism in the Arab world.

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Author:   Daniel J. Gilman
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780816689286

ISBN 10:   0816689288
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 November 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Pseudonyms Introduction: Good Music, Bad Music, and Youth Music 1. “My Patience Is Short”: Youth Talk about Grandpa’s Music 2. “Oh, My Brown-skinned Darling”: Sex, Music, and Egyptian-ness 3. “The Hardest Thing to Say”: Taxonomies of Aesthetics 4. “A Poem Befitting of Her”: Ambiguity and Sincerity in Revolutionary Pop Culture Epilogue: On the Counter-Revolution Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Ignored by scholars and disdained by the local intelligentsia as fluff, Egyptian pop ( shababiyya ) videos are streamed nonstop on local satellite television and loved by millions throughout the Middle East. Daniel J. Gilman's is the first serious scholarly account of Egyptian pop, and it is a tour de force. Based on interviews with Cairo fans, he manages to convince us of shababiyya 's significance, explain its position in the music hierarchy, and explain why young listeners so appreciate its 'sincerity' and its modernity. An essential read. --Ted Swedenburg, University of Arkansas

Ignored by scholars and disdained by the local intelligentsia as fluff, Egyptian pop ( shababiyya ) videos are streamed nonstop on local satellite television and loved by millions throughout the Middle East. Daniel J. Gilman s is the first serious scholarly account of Egyptian pop, and it is a tour de force. Based on interviews with Cairo fans, he manages to convince us of shababiyya s significance, explain its position in the music hierarchy, and explain why young listeners so appreciate its sincerity and its modernity. An essential read. Ted Swedenburg, University of Arkansas

An erudite examination of the interplay among pop culture, society and national identity. -George de Stefano, Pop Matters Gilman succeeds in taking on a huge task, parsing out at an exceptional level the relationships found between a variety of musical styles and their fan bases. Indeed, by querying What is Egyptian music? he is in truth raising a far greater question, namely: What is Egypt? (p. 127). -Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online This book's timeliness and relevance to contemporary Egyptian social and political forces make it an essential read for anthropologists, folklorists, and ethnomusicologists interested in the contemporary Middle East. -Ethnomusicology Ignored by scholars and disdained by the local intelligentsia as fluff, Egyptian pop (shababiyya) videos are streamed nonstop on local satellite television and loved by millions throughout the Middle East. Daniel J. Gilman's is the first serious scholarly account of Egyptian pop, and it is a tour de force. Based on interviews with Cairo fans, he manages to convince us of shababiyya's significance, explain its position in the music hierarchy, and explain why young listeners so appreciate its `sincerity' and its modernity. An essential read. -Ted Swedenburg, University of Arkansas

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Daniel J. Gilman is assistant professor of anthropology at DePauw University.

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