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Composing Egypt: Reading, Writing, and the Emergence of a Modern Nation, 1870–1930

Composing Egypt: Reading, Writing, and the Emergence of a Modern Nation, 1870–1930 REVIEW Composing Egypt: Reading, Writing, and the Emergence of a Modern Nation, 1870–1930 Hoda Yousef Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2016 264 pages. ISBN 9780804797115 Reviewed by MONA L. RUSSELL Composing Egypt builds on scholarship published in the last three decades on nationalism, the press, education, gender, popular culture, and technology. While two or even three of these fields have intersected in previous studies, Hoda Yousef skillfully weaves all these threads together through the notion of gendered public literacies, broadening the defi- nition of literacy to include all access to the written word. Yousef ’s understanding of where and how Egyptians learned to read or consume literature secondhand begins, nevertheless, by critically examining the educational system. While earlier studies of education focused on institutions, more recent studies have focused on the role of the British occupation, class, and the gendered uses of power. Building on this foundation, Yousef mines the curriculum and press from the late nineteenth century through the interwar era to under- stand the power of a new writing genre, the composition (insha). School curriculums broadened the area of writing skills to include writing for the purpose of meeting public demand for the “cultivation of nationalism and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Duke University Press

Composing Egypt: Reading, Writing, and the Emergence of a Modern Nation, 1870–1930

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REVIEW Composing Egypt: Reading, Writing, and the Emergence of a Modern Nation, 1870–1930 Hoda Yousef Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2016 264 pages. ISBN 9780804797115 Reviewed by MONA L. RUSSELL Composing Egypt builds on scholarship published in the last three decades on nationalism, the press, education, gender, popular culture, and technology. While two or even three of these fields have intersected in previous studies, Hoda Yousef skillfully weaves all these threads together through the notion of gendered public literacies, broadening the defi- nition of literacy to include all access to the written word. Yousef ’s understanding of where and how Egyptians learned to read or consume literature secondhand begins, nevertheless, by critically examining the educational system. While earlier studies of education focused on institutions, more recent studies have focused on the role of the British occupation, class, and the gendered uses of power. Building on this foundation, Yousef mines the curriculum and press from the late nineteenth century through the interwar era to under- stand the power of a new writing genre, the composition (insha). School curriculums broadened the area of writing skills to include writing for the purpose of meeting public demand for the “cultivation of nationalism and

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Published: Nov 1, 2018

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