| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) |
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New directions in anthropology ; 15
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New directions in anthropology ; 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A personal trajectory. -- Rethinking approaches to resistance, power and gender relations: towards a theoretical framework. -- The macrocontext: an overview of sociopolitical and economic transformations in Egypt. -- The research setting and characteristics of the study community. -- Ethnography in one's native city: research approach, methods, and fieldwork encounters. -- Premarital standards and expectations. -- Marriage transactions and negotiations. -- Defiance and acquiescence in the labor market. -- Conjugal arrangements and sexuality. -- Intrahousehold decisions and extrahousehold networks. -- Conclusion: Toward an "organic feminism". -- Table 1. Population of Egypt, 1937-1995. -- Table 2. An example of Ayma. -- Appendix 1. Description of study population. -- Appendix 2. Guiding research questions. |
| Summary |
The gap between rich and poor is widening in most countries, putting more pressure on women in particular who often find themselves with the ultimate responsibility to provide for their families, especially their children, in the face of economic and political discrimination. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews in four low-income neighborhoods in Cairo, this book offers rich, novel and intimate data relating to poor women's lives and everyday forms of resistance to gender inequalities in the labor market and at home. In contrast to the common stereotype of Middle Eastern women as totally oppressed and devoid of agency, this study shows the complex and diverse ways in which low-income women devise strategies to contest existing gender arrangements and improve their situation. It is a significant contribution to current debates about poverty, gender, power, and resistance. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Economic conditions.
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Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs.
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Poor -- Egypt -- Cairo.
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Sex role -- Egypt -- Cairo.
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Social conflict -- Egypt -- Cairo.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Manners and customs |
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Poor |
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Sex role |
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Social conflict |
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Women -- Economic conditions |
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Women -- Social conditions |
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Egypt -- Cairo https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJp9rVd8hh49CYDFr7hj4q |
| Other Form: |
Print version: El-Kholy, Heba Aziz. Defiance and compliance. New York : Berghahn Books, 2002 (DLC) 2002018272 (OCoLC)48941889 |
| ISBN |
9781782389347 (electronic bk.) |
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1782389342 (electronic bk.) |
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157181390X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9781571813909 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1571813918 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781571813916 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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