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Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo /

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Fay, Mary Ann
Awdur Corfforaethol: ebrary, Inc
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Rhifyn:1st ed.
Cyfres:Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
Pynciau:
Women > Egypt > Cairo > Social conditions > 18th century.
Mamelukes > Social conditions > 18th century.
Harems > Egypt > Cairo > History > 18th century.
Households > Egypt > Cairo > History > 18th century.
Cairo (Egypt) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction
  • Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern
  • Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship
  • The Mamluk household: how a house became a home
  • Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights
  • The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo
  • The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem
  • Everyday life in the harem
  • Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival
  • Epilogue.

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