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Department
Sociology, Egyptology & Anthropology Department
Description
In this chapter I look at the history and ontology of censorship in Egypt from the Monarchical era to the present. I focus on the post-1952 era and how a tutelary state culture has been deployed as part of a broader cultural militarism. The chapter also covers the legislative architecture that has ensured a stranglehold on the part of syndicates and the creation of a broad range of crimes associated with art and culture production and exhibition.
Publication Date
Winter 2021
Document Type
Book Chapter
Book Title
Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Egypt
Editors
Robert Springborg, Amr Adly, Anthony Gorman, Tamir Moustafa, Aisha Saad, Naomi Sakr, Sarah Smierciak
ISBN
9780367179014
Publisher
Routledge
City
London and New York
First Page
401
Last Page
411
Keywords
Censorship, Egypt, Militarism, Cultural legislation and policy, Syndicates, Cultural Politics
Disciplines
Law and Society | Legal History | National Security Law | Other Film and Media Studies | Social and Cultural Anthropology
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APA Citation
Aly, R.
(2021).The Culture Police: Manning the barricades of allowable art and culture. Routledge. , 401-411
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/189
MLA Citation
Aly, Ramy
The Culture Police: Manning the barricades of allowable art and culture. Routledge, 2021.pp. 401-411
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/189
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