EGYPT: Pyramids and Nightclubs: A Travel Ethnography of Arab and Western Imaginations of Egypt, from King Tut and a Colony of Atlantis to Rumors of Sex Orgies, Urban Legends about a Marauding Prince, and Blonde Belly Dancers

Jankowski, James, The Middle East Journal

EGYPT Pyramids and Nightclubs: A Travel Ethnography of Arab and Western Imaginations of Egypt, from King Tut and a Colony of Atlantis to Rumors of Sex Orgies, Urban Legends about a Marauding Prince, and Blonde Belly Dancers, by L.L. Wynn. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2007. xv + 225 pages. Notes to p. 246. Bibl. to p. 265. Index to p. 279. $24.95 paper.

Reviewed by James Jankowski

The sprawling title of this work is appropriate; it is a sprawling book. Yet it is not unstructured. Its main focus, a comparison of the differing nature of Western and Arab tourism in Egypt and how contact with each group contributes to the Egyptian sense of national identity ("through …

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Publication information: Article title: EGYPT: Pyramids and Nightclubs: A Travel Ethnography of Arab and Western Imaginations of Egypt, from King Tut and a Colony of Atlantis to Rumors of Sex Orgies, Urban Legends about a Marauding Prince, and Blonde Belly Dancers. Contributors: Jankowski, James - Author. Journal title: The Middle East Journal. Volume: 62. Issue: 2 Publication date: Spring 2008. Page number: 339+. © Middle East Institute Winter 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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