Egyptian-French Cultural Encounters at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1245
dc.title	Egyptian-French Cultural Encounters at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867
dc.contributor.author	Nour Alia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/mdccc-1800/2017/1numero-monografico/egyptian-french-cultural-encounters-at-the-paris-e/
dc.description.abstract	The subject of this article is the Egyptian exhibition at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867. At the time of the exhibition, Egypt was at the peak of its modernization reforms, and Ismail Pasha had recently received the khedival title and more autonomy from the Ottoman Empire. Focusing on the Egyptian official exhibition catalogues and media coverage, this article argues that the Khedive used the exposition as an opportunity to fashion a powerful dynastic order with a distinct cultural identity independent from the Ottomans, a dynasty that could become the new political and cultural center of the Islamic world and a hyphen between the Occident and the Orient.
dc.relation.ispartof	MDCCC 1800
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 6 \| July 2017
dc.issued	2017-07-31
dc.dateAccepted	2017-04-04
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-02-12
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-8841
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2280-8841/MDCCC-6-17-3
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Egypt
dc.subject	Egypt
dc.subject	Exposition Universelle
dc.subject	Exposition Universelle
dc.subject	Khedive Ismail
dc.subject	Khedive Ismail
dc.subject	Ottoman Empire
dc.subject	Ottoman Empire

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Alia Nour Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, USA

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The subject of this article is the Egyptian exhibition at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867. At the time of the exhibition, Egypt was at the peak of its modernization reforms, and Ismail Pasha had recently received the khedival title and more autonomy from the Ottoman Empire. Focusing on the Egyptian official exhibition catalogues and media coverage, this article argues that the Khedive used the exposition as an opportunity to fashion a powerful dynastic order with a distinct cultural identity independent from the Ottomans, a dynasty that could become the new political and cultural center of the Islamic world and a hyphen between the Occident and the Orient.

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July 31, 2017

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April 4, 2017

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Feb. 12, 2017

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Keywords: Khedive Ismail • Ottoman Empire • Exposition Universelle • Egypt

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