Popular fiction, Translation and the Nahda in Egypt : Samah Selim. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 (xi+232 pages, appendix, bibliography, index) $89.99 (cloth) $59.99 (paper)
2021
Abstract
A critical review article treating the last book of a prominent scholar of Nahda studies Samah Selim. Her book Popular fiction, Translation and the Nahda in Egypt finds inspiration in different disciplines and methods and pushes for a new mode of thinking about adaptation and its place in culture formation.
It provides a fascinating narrative of the emergence of genres and modern identity analyzed as part of the development of market economy and modern social practice.