Between marriage and the market : intimate politics and survival in Cairo /
Homa Hoodfar's richly detailed ethnography provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, she shows the crucial role of the household in survival strategies among low-income Egyptians. Hoodfar, a...
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| Hōputu: | Licensed eBooks |
| Reo: | Ingarihi |
| I whakaputaina: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press
©1997.
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| Rangatū: | Comparative studies on Muslim societies ;
24. |
| Urunga tuihono: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2711612 |
| Whakarāpopototanga: | Homa Hoodfar's richly detailed ethnography provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, she shows the crucial role of the household in survival strategies among low-income Egyptians. Hoodfar, an Iranian Muslim by birth, presents research that undermines many of the stereotypes associated with traditional Muslim women. Their apparent conservatism, she says, is. |
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| Whakaahuatanga ōkiko: | 1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) |
| Rārangi puna kōrero: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520918863 052091886X 0585032874 9780585032870 9780520206113 0520206118 9780520208254 0520208250 |