The present work aims to analyze the symbolic image of queues, contextualized within the same geographic area (Egypt) but represented in two different historical moments: 1952 and 2012. The historical frame is provided here by two narrative works, a short story and a novel, both entitled al-Ṭābūr (The Queue) by two Egyptian writers, respectively Yūsuf Idrīs (1927-1991) and Basma ‘Abd al-‘Azīz (1976). The paper will try to provide preliminary but meaningful insight into the political (if it is so) and figurative meaning of queuing as portrayed by the two authors. The queue is not the protagonist but, rather, the perfect physical shape or iconic representation of the message they want to convey.
In the realm of Queuetopia: How to give physical shape to relations with power in al-Ṭābūr(s) by Yūsuf Idrīs and Basma ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / Barbaro, Ada. - In: AL-KARMIL. - ISSN 0334-8547. - 2:40-41(2020), pp. 5-31.
In the realm of Queuetopia: How to give physical shape to relations with power in al-Ṭābūr(s) by Yūsuf Idrīs and Basma ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
Ada Barbaro
2020
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The present work aims to analyze the symbolic image of queues, contextualized within the same geographic area (Egypt) but represented in two different historical moments: 1952 and 2012. The historical frame is provided here by two narrative works, a short story and a novel, both entitled al-Ṭābūr (The Queue) by two Egyptian writers, respectively Yūsuf Idrīs (1927-1991) and Basma ‘Abd al-‘Azīz (1976). The paper will try to provide preliminary but meaningful insight into the political (if it is so) and figurative meaning of queuing as portrayed by the two authors. The queue is not the protagonist but, rather, the perfect physical shape or iconic representation of the message they want to convey.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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