{"product_id":"acting-egyptian-carmen-m-k-gitre-9781477333600","title":"Acting Egyptian: Theater, Identity, and Political Culture in Cairo, 1869-1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, during the \"protectorate\" period of British occupation in Egypt--theaters and other performance sites were vital for imagining, mirroring, debating, and shaping competing conceptions of modern Egyptian identity. Central figures in this diverse spectrum were the \u003ci\u003eeffendis\u003c\/i\u003e, an emerging class of urban, male, anticolonial professionals whose role would ultimately become dominant. \u003ci\u003eActing Egyptian\u003c\/i\u003e argues that performance themes, spaces, actors, and audiences allowed pluralism to take center stage while simultaneously consolidating effendi voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the world premiere of Verdi's \u003ci\u003eAida\u003c\/i\u003e at Cairo's Khedivial Opera House in 1871 to the theatrical rhetoric surrounding the revolution of 1919, which gave women an opportunity to link their visibility to the well-being of the nation, \u003ci\u003eActing Egyptian\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways in which elites and effendis, men and women, used newly built performance spaces to debate morality, politics, and the implications of modernity. Drawing on scripts, playbills, ads, and numerous other sources, the book brings to life provocative debates that fostered a new image of national culture and performances that echoed the events of urban life in the struggle for independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmen M. K. Gitre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477333606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477333600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Carmen M. K. Gitre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450277835007,"sku":"9781477333600","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc8f24d7-8d29-4644-94a6-8b2e530aa369.jpg?v=1777266956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/acting-egyptian-carmen-m-k-gitre-9781477333600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}