Childhood and colonial modernity in Egypt /

This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morrison, Heidi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Palgrave studies in the history of childhood.
Subjects:
1800 - 1999
Children > Egypt > History > 19th century.
Children > Egypt > History > 20th century.
Children > Egypt > Social conditions.
Social change > Egypt > History.
Nationalism > Egypt > History.
Social history.
Adolescence.
Enfants > Égypte > Conditions sociales.
Nationalisme > Égypte > Histoire.
Histoire sociale.
social history.
adolescence.
Colonialism & imperialism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Children
Children > Social conditions
Colonial influence
Nationalism
Politics and government
Social change
Social conditions
Egypt > Social conditions.
Egypt > Colonial influence.
Egypt > Politics and government > 1882-1952.
Égypte > Conditions sociales.
Égypte > Politique et gouvernement > 1882-1952.
Egypt
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Reforming Childhood in the Context of Colonialism
  • 2. Nation-Building and the Redefinition of the Child
  • 3. Child-Rearing and Class
  • 4. Girls and the Building of Modern Egypt
  • 5. Constructing National Identity through Autobiographical Memory.

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