Emotional Cities: Debates on Urban Change in Berlin and Cairo, 1860-1910 (Emotions in History)

Emotional Cities Offers An Innovative Account Of The History Of Cities In The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century. Analyzing Debates About Emotions And Urban Change, It Questions The Assumed Dissimilarity Of The History Of European And Middle Eastern Cities During This Period. The Author Shows That Between 1860 And 1910, Contemporaries In Both Berlin And Cairo Began To Negotiate The Transformation Of The Urban Realm In Terms Of Emotions. Looking At The Ways In Which A Variety Of Urban Dwellers, From Psychologists To Bar Maids, Framed Recent Changes In Terms Of Their Effect On Love, Honor, Or Disgust, The Book Reveals Striking Parallels Between The Histories Of The Two Cities. By Combining Urban History And The History Of Emotions, Prestel Proposes A New Perspective On The Emergence Of Different, Yet Comparable Cities At The End Of The Nineteenth Century. What Is Love? : Morality And French Stimulation In Berlin -- Who Is Rational? : Feelings Between Hearts And Hymens In Cairo -- Streets Of Excitement : Emotions On Friedrichstrasse -- Neighborhood Of Passion : Losing Rationality In Azbakiyya -- Precarious Calm : Berlin's Emotional Reform -- Haunted Happiness : Cairo's Suburbs And Physical Exercise -- Towards A Global History Of Urban Change. Joseph Ben Prestel. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 199-217) And Index. Cover Emotional Cities: Debates on Urban Change in Berlin and Cairo, 1860–1910 Copyright Dedication Acknowledgments Contents List of Maps and Figures Note on Transliteration Introduction CONCEPTUALIZING URBAN CHANGE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY EMOTIONS: A USEFUL CATEGORY IN URBAN HISTORY FROM THE HISTORY OF CITIES TO THE HISTORY OF CITY DWELLERS STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK 1: What is Love?: Morality and ``French Stimulation ́ ́ in Berlin Morality as Feeling The Challenge of ``French Stimulation ́ ́ Practices of Matchmaking and Nightlife The End of ``French Feelings ́ ́ 2: Who is Rational?: Feelings between Hearts and Hymens in Cairo Cairo ́s Transformation and a New Urban Middle Class Educating the Hearts of Men Women Beyond Rationality Ambiguous Change 3: Streets of Excitement: Emotions on Friedrichstraße Traffic Circulation and the Rise of Berlin ́s Entertainment District The Thrill of Walking on the Street Emotional Excitement as an Urban Ill Losing Control: Emotions, Excitement, and the Nation 4: Neighborhood of Passion: Losing Rationality in Azbakiyya Concepts of Emotion and Colonial Rule in Egypt Navigating Knowledge in a Changing Middle Class Emotions and Entertainment in Azbakiyya The City of Decaying Patriarchy 5: Precarious Calm: Berlin ́s Emotional Reform Nerves of Steel and the Quest for Emotional Control Reforming Emotions, Transforming Berlin Emotional Distinction and the Fissures of Reform New City, New Emotions 6: Haunted Happiness: Cairo ́s Suburbs and Physical Exercise Emotional Reform Through the Body and the Countryside The Spread of Suburbs and Physical Exercise in Cairo Unstable Hierarchies of Feeling Emotions and Cairo ́s Transformation After 1900 Conclusion: Towards a Global History of Urban Change Parallel Processes Particular Universalisms in a Connecting World Difference as an Effect of Connection Bibliography Archives Periodicals Books and Articles Index