Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo /
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| Language: | English |
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Syracuse, N.Y. :
Syracuse University Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
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Table of Contents:
- 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.