While the 'woman question' in the Arabic novel has received considerable attention, the 'male question' has gone largely unnoticed. This book challenges that trend, offering a nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt.
This book challenges that trend, offering a nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt.
A fascinating insight into the designs that have shaped our century, this at-a-glance guide takes us through a chronologically organized one-hundred-year progression of the world's most influential designs. The author has selected a classic piece of industrial or applied design for each year of the century. He discusses the origin of each design and explains why it was a classic of its time, citing key cultural, social, and political events that place each of the designs in an historical context. Some of the designs that have changed and shaped our lives include: Eastman's beloved "Brownie" camera (1900); the shapely Coca-Cola bottle (1915); the "Butterfly" chair (1938); the bombastic "Model 1015" Wurlitzer jukebox (1947); the "Selectric" electric typewriter (1961); and spanning the remaining years of the century, from the 1960s through the 1980s, the impossible-to-imagine-life-without items like the indispensable ballpoint pen, electric razor, food processor, portable radio-cassette, and computer mouse. The book's concluding entries feature cutting-edge home furnishings and appliances of the 1990s.
Premiers: Omega workshops, England; De Stijl journal (see p. 48), Netherlands;
sale of the home refrigerator. Chicago; Citroen. France: crossword puzzle, by
English-born journalist Arthur Wynne. U.S.; Erector set child's toy, by A.C. Gilbert.
Standards for teacher certification in Indonesia.
Standards for teacher certification in Indonesia.
Education, training, and international economic integration.
Education, training, and international economic integration.
