{"product_id":"martyrs-and-tricksters-an-ethnography-of-the-egyptian-revolution-9780691162645","title":"Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn important look at the hopeful rise and tragic defeat of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began with immense hope, but was defeated in two and a half years, ushering in the most brutal and corrupt regime in modern Egyptian history. How was the passage from utmost euphoria into abject despair experienced, not only by those committed to revolutionary change, but also by people indifferent or even hostile to the revolution? In \u003ci\u003eMartyrs and Tricksters\u003c\/i\u003e, anthropologist and Cairo resident Walter Armbrust explores the revolution through the lens of liminality--initially a communal fellowship, where everything seemed possible, transformed into a devastating limbo with no exit. To make sense of events, Armbrust looks at the martyrs, trickster media personalities, public spaces, contested narratives, historical allusions, and factional struggles during this chaotic time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArmbrust shows that while martyrs became the primary symbols of mobilization, no one took seriously enough the emergence of political tricksters. Tricksters appeared in media--not the vaunted social media of a \"Facebook revolution\" but television--and they paved the way for the rise of Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi. In the end Egypt became a global political vanguard, but not in the way the revolutionaries intended. What initially appeared as the gateway to an age of revolution has transformed the world over into the age of the trickster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelving into how Egyptians moved from unprecedented exhilaration to confusion and massacre, \u003ci\u003eMartyrs and Tricksters\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful cultural biography of a tragic revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Armbrust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691162645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Armbrust\u003c\/b\u003e is the Albert Hourani Fellow and associate professor in modern Middle Eastern studies at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMass Culture and Modernism in Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40406462562419,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":42.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4e170064-d38b-40f0-a0ca-9ae8431b3b0e.jpg?v=1662040830","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/martyrs-and-tricksters-an-ethnography-of-the-egyptian-revolution-9780691162645","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}