Description |
xiii, 287 p. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
My house and yours -- Egyptian state servants and the new geography of nationhood -- Inside Egypt -- The harem, the hovel and the Western construction of an Egyptian landscape -- Domesticating Egypt -- The gendered politics of the British occupation -- The home, the schoolroom and the cultivation of Egyptian nationalism -- Table talk, or the home economics of nationhood -- The household on display -- The family politics of the 1919 revolution -- Gender and the birth of the modern Egyptian nation-state. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Families -- Egypt -- History.
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Family policy -- Egypt -- Cross-cultural studies -- History.
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Egypt -- History -- 19th century.
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Egypt -- History -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
0520240227 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520240235 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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