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

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Главный автор: Fay, Mary Ann
Соавтор: ebrary, Inc
Формат: Электронный ресурс eКнига
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Редактирование:1st ed.
Серии:Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
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Оглавление:
  • 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.