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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Tác giả chính: Hoodfar, Homa
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1997.
Loạt:Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 24.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2711612
Mục lục:
  • 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.