Women and Men in Late Eighteenth-Century Egypt: CMES Modern Middle East Series
Autor Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsoten Limba Engleză Paperback – oct 1995
Marsot makes important connections between forms of government, economic possibilities, and gender relations, showing how political instability allowed women to acquire property, independent of males, as a hedge against political uncertainty. She traces the linkages that women formed among themselves and with the ulama (non-Ottoman native elites) who aided and supported them. The book concludes with a comparison of women's status in the nineteenth century, when the introduction of European institutions that did not recognize their legal existence marginalized women, causing them to have to rely on men as major breadwinners. These important findings about the relationship between forms of government and the status of women will be of interest to a wide audience.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292717367
ISBN-10: 0292717369
Pagini: 199
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Seria CMES Modern Middle East Series
ISBN-10: 0292717369
Pagini: 199
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Seria CMES Modern Middle East Series
Notă biografică
Afaf Marsot was the first Egyptian woman to receive a D.Phil. from Oxford University. She is Professor of History at UCLA.
Cuprins
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Women in the Eyes of Men: Myth and Reality
- 2. Political Struggles: The Search for Leadership
- 3. Society in Mamluk Egypt: The Elites
- 4. Indigenous Elites in the Eighteenth Century: Ulama and Tujjar
- 5. Artisans and Ayan: Urban and Rural Middle and Lower Classes in the Eighteenth Century
- 6. The Nineteenth Century: The Advent of Centralization
- Appendix A. Mamluk Elites
- Appendix B. Native Elites
- Appendix C. Women of Artisanal Classes
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Recenzii
Like all of Marsot's writings, this book is engaging and highly readable. Undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in other fields will find it an accessible overview of later Ottoman Egyptian society, the role of gender therein, and key issues in the historiography of this important topic.
Descriere
The first comprehensive picture of women's status and opportunities in late eighteenth-century Egypt.