Unveiling the Harem : Elite Women and the Paradox of Seclusion in Eighteenth-Century Cairo /

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There is a long history in the West of representing Middle Eastern women as uniformly oppressed by Islam, by Islamic law, and by men. Stereotypical views of Middle Eastern women today maintain that they are without legal rights, do not attend universities or have jobs outside their homes, and are no...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fay, Mary Ann (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Social conditions
Manners and customs
Mamelukes
Households
Harems
HISTORY > Middle East > Egypt.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Femmes > Égypte > Le Caire > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
Mamelouks > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
Menages (Statistique) > Égypte > Le Caire > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Women > Egypt > Cairo > Social conditions > 18th century.
Mamelukes > Social conditions > 18th century.
Harems > Egypt > Cairo > History > 18th century.
Households > Egypt > Cairo > History > 18th century.
Egypt > Cairo
Cairo (Egypt) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction
  • Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern
  • Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship
  • The Mamluk household: how a house became a home
  • Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights
  • The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo
  • The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem
  • Everyday life in the harem
  • Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival
  • Epilogue.

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