The Muslim Brotherhood and the Creation of Spectacles in Nasr City

Due to the ever-increasing hegemony of the mass media and information technology, the spectacle has permeated all aspects of life. The concept of the spectacle has become crucial to the understanding of societies, since it uncovers our fixation on visual perception and the tantalizing effect of the...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Mai Ayyad
Format: Buchkapitel
Sprache:eng
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Due to the ever-increasing hegemony of the mass media and information technology, the spectacle has permeated all aspects of life. The concept of the spectacle has become crucial to the understanding of societies, since it uncovers our fixation on visual perception and the tantalizing effect of the image. This chapter discusses the primacy of the spectacle in political mobilization and protest movements in public space in the example of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Cairo neighborhood of Nasr City. It provides a historical overview of the space of Nasr City as it developed through different modes of production, then moves
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv2ks6x0m.13