The book includes family photo albums, photographs of political campaigns and. The private collection of sherwet shafei auc press, 2011. These themes are consistently interwoven throughout the book. The routledge handbook of graffiti and street art is a one of a kind collection of scholarly chapters devoted to the study of a complex, urban phenomenon. Mona abaza, american university in cairo, sociology, anthropology.
Mona abaza of the american university in cairo, cairo auc read 64. The changing consumer cultures of modern egypt cairos urban. Graffiti and street art are as old as civilization and communication itself, but it was not until the last several decades that research began to. Egypt witnessed in the last decade, as in many southeast asian megacities, the reshaping of public space through the creation of new shopping malls and recreation places. Mona abaza professor of sociology american university in cairo, egypt. Cronin senior lecturer in sociology at lancaster university, uk tamsin dillon director of art on the underground. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Discover book depositorys huge selection of abaza mona books online.
Interview with mona abaza on graffiti and the egyptian. Personal biographies, trajectories of intellectuals moving between the eastern and western world, and the institutional connections, are the focus of this research. Professor mona abaza offers a highly personal yet academic analysis. Mona abaza is professor at the department of sociology, american university in cairo. Mona abaza is professor of sociology at the american university in cairo. Her research interests are religious and cultural networks between the middle east and southeast asia, the hadhrami diaspora in southeast asia and consumer culture in egypt. Debates on islam and knowledge in malaysia and egypt. Mona abaza is a professor of sociology in the department of sociology. The american university of cairo cv does not include conferences email. Mona abaza professor of sociology at the american university in cairo, egypt michael bull reader in media at the university of sussex, uk francesco casetti professor of film and media at yale university, usa beatriz colomina architectural historian and theorist anne m. Buy this book in print summary with the military seizing overt power in egypt, cairos grand and dramatic urban reshaping during and after 2011 is reflected upon under the lens of a smaller story narrating everyday interactions of a middleclass building in the neighbourhood of doqi. Mona abaza is the author and photographer of the cotton plantation remembered. An egyptian family story auc press, forthcoming is the story of one familys relation to the land and cotton in a time of social change. Cotton made the fortune of the fuda family, egyptian landed gentry with peasant origins, during the second part of the nineteenth century.
Currently professor of sociology at the american university in cairo. Mona abaza a new generation of truly global sociology, grappling with the contemporary world through the lenses of critique, contestation, and. She is the author of the literary atlas of cairo auc press, 2010 and the literary life of cairo auc press, 2011, and editor of translating egypts revolution. Chair of the department of sociology, anthropology, egyptology, psychology, american university in cairo, 20072009. Although the books title suggests a sufficiently narroweddown theme, abaza seems to have been unable to fight off the temptation to include everything she came across during her investigations. Arts and the uprising in egypt samia mehrez, mona abaza.
To reform or to subvert by mohammed arkoun saqi books, 2006 by imranali panjwani. Abaza received her ba in political science from the american university in cairo, egypt 1982, her ma in sociology from the university of durham, uk 1986 and her phd from the university of bielefeld 1990. Written by mona abaza author and visiting professor of islamology at lund university in sweden the book s design presents functionality as a pleasant coffee table book, where 150 glossy pages of art work are simply organised and. Fellow 1 september 2006 30 june 2007 the paradox of enlightenment in arab intellectual and western discourse. Questions and answers for physicians by mona abaza, 97890046717, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Mona abaza the american university in cairo, cairo auc. Mona abaza tells of her familys cotton plantation in the. This study analyses the production of knowledge in malaysia and egypt, examining the islamization of knowledge debate in these two countries. The cotton plantation remembered american university in cairo press, 20. Surviving sociology in egypt and elsewhere opendemocracy. Mona abaza obtained her phd in 1990 in sociology from the university of bielefeld, germany. Mona abaza is a professor of sociology in the department of sociology, egyptology and anthropology at the american university in cairo. Shifting worlds 2002, the changing consumer culture of modern egypt 2006, the cotton plantation remembered 20.
Responsibility edited by martin albrow and elizabeth king. This story, narrated and photographed by a family member who has researched and documented various aspects of her own history, goes well beyond the family photo album to become an attempt to convey how cotton, as the main catalyst and creator of wealth. Mona abaza is an egyptian writer and professor of sociology at the a merican university in cairo. She is the author of the changing consumer cultures of modern egypt auc press, 2006 and twentiethcentury egyptian art. Mona abaza author of the changing consumer cultures of. Magda baraka of mona abaza changing consumer cultures of modern. Global modernity and social contestation sage studies in international sociology 9781446295755. This book is a comparative study of the sociological field in two different muslim societies. She is a renowned scholar of contemporary egypt, having written many books including debates on islam and knowledge in malaysia and egypt. Mona abaza is a professor of sociology in the department of sociology, anthropology, psychology, and egyptology at the american university in cairo. Mona abaza the american university of cairo a new generation of truly global sociology, grappling with the contemporary world through the lenses of critique, contestation, and social movements. The changing consumer cultures of modern egypt cairos. Shifting landscapes of fashion in contemporary egypt 283 figure 1 the popular market of bulaq. The flaw of debates on islam and knowledge in malaysia and egypt is therefore certainly not a lack of data, but quite the opposite.
It analyses the process of the production of knowledge through the example of the modern islamization of knowledge debate and local empirical variations. Lund university to complete a photography book on the history of a cotton plantation in egypt. Mona abaza on egypt, public space and media theory. Associate professor in sociology at the american university of cairo. During the author talk and book signing held several weeks on. In an interview with mona abaza, artist alaa awad takes us. Sociology in childrens books for generations, childrens stories have not only been written to entertain, but also to teach an important lesson or value, rather it is obvious or skillfully hidden. Egypts modern art scene has been marked by many influential local and foreign painters. Mona abaza is a professor in the department of sociology at the american university in cairo. Shopping malls, consumer culture and the reshaping of. A new generation of truly global sociology, grappling with the contemporary world through the lenses of critique, contestation, and social movements. This book consists of a collage of images that attempts to convey the. Mona abaza the american university in cairo, cairo sociology. In her latest book, the cotton plantation remembered.
Her most recent book is the cotton plantation remembered. Strangely, although nationalism is a pervasive social phenomenon with immense effects everywhere in the world, its not a central preoccupation of sociology or any of the dominant social science disciplines. Professor mona abaza offers a highly personal yet academic analysis of cotton plantations since the second half of the 19th century and shifting socioeconomic orders. Her latest books include the cotton plantation remembered. Mona abaza is an associate professor in the department of sociology at the american university in cairo. Mona abaza and georg stauth a critique rld movements the green movement johan galtung a sociohistorical. Mona abaza retraces the highlights of the countrys twentiethcentury art world through the private collection of one of. An egyptian family story, sociology professor at the american university in cairo auc mona. Sociology in childrens books where soul meets body. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases.
She is professor of sociology at the american university in cairo. Mona abaza talks about the cotton plantation remembered. D 1990 in sociology, university of bielefeld, teaches currently at the. Mona abaza is a professor of sociology in the department of sociology, anthropology, psychology, and egyptology at the american university in cairo, and is currently a visiting professor of islamology in the department of theology at lund university. Mona abaza constructs an impressive sociological account of the dynamics. Shifting landscapes of fashion in egypt researchgate.
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