Between Marriage and the Market : Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo / / Homa Hoodfar
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1997] |
| ©1997 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 339.22 |
| Soggetto topico: | Households - Economic aspects - Egypt - Cairo Region |
| Home economics - Egypt - Cairo Region | |
| Poor - Egypt - Cairo Region | |
| Sex role - Egypt - Cairo Region | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 increasing adherence to Islam and taking up the veil on the part of women has been partially motivated by women's desire to protect and promote their interests both within and beyond households. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Between marriage and the market |
| ISBN: | 0-585-03287-4 |
| 0-520-91886-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910495875803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; ; Volume 24.