The Age of the Efendiyya by Lucie Ryzova

The Age of the Efendiyya by Lucie Ryzova

In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of modern men emerged, the efendiyya, who represented the new middle class elite. This volume explores how they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952.

Lucie Ryzova's research represents a generative contribution to the embryonic sub-field of afandi studies, and her fine monograph elaborates this scholarship in original and provocative ways* Journal of Arabic Literature *
essential reading for scholars of modern Egypt and the Middle East. * Kenneth M. Cuno, American Historical Review *
While so much of the recent social and cultural history of Egypt has aimed at rewriting the literature from below, this bold effort to reconceive Egyptian history from the middle advances the field enormously. This book is certainly essential reading for those who would seek to understand modern Egypt but there is much here for those working well beyond Egyptian frontiers as well, particularly as regards the uses to which modernity is put in post-colonial contexts. * Paul Sedra, English Historical Review *
An outstanding accomplishment, original, illuminating, and thought provoking. The Age of the Efendiyya offers an entirely fresh reading on the rise, evolution, and formation of Egypt and the Middle East's modern middle class: the "new man/woman." Ryzova systematically and comprehensively explores the critical role of the Efendiyya in producing and propelling authentic, home-made modernity in society, culture, and politics. Exploiting impeccable archival, print, and visual sources, never before used, Ryzova is the first scholar to penetrate the mindset of the Efediyya, through its discourse, actions, and daily minutiae. * Professor Israel Gershoni, Tel Aviv University *

Lucie Ryzova is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford. She is a cultural historian working on modern Egypt.

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ISBN 13	9780199681778
ISBN 10	0199681775
Title	The Age of the Efendiyya
Author	Lucie Ryzova
Series	Oxford Historical Monographs
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2014-01-30
Number of pages	296
Prizes	Winner of Joint Winner of the 2015 Royal Historical Society Gladstone Prize Winner of the 2017 Philip Leverhulme Prize in History.
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