Upending infrastructure: Tamarod, resistance, and agency after the January 25th revolution in Egypt

History and Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 452-471

  Elyachar, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Infrastructure; Resistance; Revolution; Social Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905088132     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2014.930460     Document Type: Article

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