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UNINA9910495875803321 |
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Autore |
Hoodfar Homa |
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Titolo |
Between Marriage and the Market : Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo / / Homa Hoodfar |
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Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1997] |
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©1997 |
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ISBN |
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0-585-03287-4 |
0-520-91886-X |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Collana |
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Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies Series ; ; Volume 24 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Households - Economic aspects - Egypt - Cairo Region |
Home economics - Egypt - Cairo Region |
Poor - Egypt - Cairo Region |
Sex role - Egypt - Cairo Region |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I. The Research and Its Social and Physical Setting -- CHAPTER 2. Marriage, Family, and Household -- CHAPTER 3. In Search of Cash -- CHAPTER 4. Women and Employment -- CHAPTER 5. Money Management and Patterns of Household Budgeting -- CHAPTER 6. Nonmonetary Contributions to the Household Pool -- CHAPTER 7. Expenditure and Consumption Patterns -- CHAPTER 8. Social Networks and Informal Associations -- CHAPTER 9. Fertility and Sexual Politics -- CHAPTER 10. Conclusion -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Homa Hoodfar's richly detailed ethnography provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, she shows the crucial role of the household in survival strategies among low-income Egyptians. Hoodfar, an Iranian Muslim by birth, presents research that undermines many of the stereotypes associated with traditional Muslim women. Their apparent conservatism, she says, is based on rational calculation of the costs and benefits of working within formal and informal labor markets to secure household power. She posits that |
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