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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主要作者: Hoodfar, Homa
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1997.
叢編:Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 24.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2711612
書本目錄:
  • 1. The Research and Its Social and Physical Setting
  • 2. Marriage, Family, and Household
  • 3. In Search of Cash: Men in the Labor Market
  • 4. Women and Employment
  • 5. Money Management and Patterns of Household Budgeting
  • 6. Nonmonetary Contributions to the Household Pool
  • 7. Expenditure and Consumption Patterns
  • 8. Social Networks and Informal Associations
  • 9. Fertility and Sexual Politics
  • 10. Conclusion.