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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783318003321

Autore

Baron Beth

Titolo

Egypt as a woman [[electronic resource] ] : nationalism, gender, and politics / / Beth Baron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-36027-2

9786612360275

1-4237-1487-3

0-520-94081-4

1-59875-527-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Classificazione

15.80

Disciplina

305.4/0962

Soggetti

Women - Egypt - Political activity

Women - Middle East

Gender identity - Egypt

Nationalism - Egypt

Feminism - Egypt

Egypt Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- PART I: Images of the Nation -- 1. Slavery, Ethnicity, and Family -- 2. Constructing Egyptian Honor -- 3. Nationalist Iconography -- 4. Photography and the Press -- PART II: The Politics of Women Nationalists -- 5. The "Ladies' Demonstrations" -- 6. Mother of the Egyptians -- 7. Partisans of the Wafd -- 8. The Path of an Islamic Activist -- Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

This original and historically rich book examines the influence of gender in shaping the Egyptian nation from the nineteenth century through the revolution of 1919 and into the 1940's. In Egypt as a Woman, Beth Baron divides her narrative into two strands: the first analyzes the gendered language and images of the nation, and the second considers the political activities of women nationalists. She shows that, even though women were largely excluded from



participation in the state, the visual imagery of nationalism was replete with female figures. Baron juxtaposes the idealization of the family and the feminine in nationalist rhetoric with transformations in elite households and the work of women activists striving for national independence.