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Review of Salamandra, Christa, A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria
H-Levant, H-Net Reviews
(2007)
Abstract
Christa Salamandra's A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria is a thought-provoking analysis of one segment of the Syrian elite's attempt to reaffirm its upper-class status through consumption and, to a lesser degree, the preservation of Old Damascus. It is of special interest to any scholar concerned with the interrelated issues of collective identity (both class and "national") construction and the physical/rhetorical configuration of urban space.
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Publication Date
June, 2007
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Citation Information
Nell Gabiam. "Review of Salamandra, Christa, A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria" H-Levant, H-Net Reviews (2007) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nell-gabiam/3/