Literacies in Contemporary Egypt: Everyday Writing and Political Change
Author:   Ivan Panovic
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415703963


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   08 June 2017
Format:   Hardback
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This book provides an ethnographically grounded description and interpretation of a variety of writing practices, including social media, in contemporary Egypt.

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Author:   Ivan Panovic
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9780415703963


ISBN 10:   0415703964
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   08 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Introduction 1 Write like an Egyptian 2 Franco: Arabic without Arabic Script 3 The Third Player in the Field: English 4 Looking Back: A Historical Perspective 5 When Fusha is not enough 6 Language in the Time of Revolution: Transient Linguistic Cityscapes of Cairo 7 Going Ammi all the way, or maybe not: the Case of Wikipedia Masry 8 Tweet Like an Egyptian: Micro Blogging, Major Mixing 9 From Books to Facebook and Back 10 From Diglossia to Translingualism

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Ivan Panovic is Andrew H. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Arabic Sociolinguistics, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford

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