Egypt as a woman [[electronic resource] ] : nationalism, gender, and politics / / Beth Baron
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| Author: |
Baron Beth
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| Title: |
Egypt as a woman [[electronic resource] ] : nationalism, gender, and politics / / Beth Baron
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| Publisher: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
| Physical description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Dewey: | 305.4/0962 |
| Topical subject: | Women - Egypt - Political activity |
| Women - Middle East | |
| Gender identity - Egypt | |
| Nationalism - Egypt | |
| Feminism - Egypt | |
| Geographic Subject: | Egypt Politics and government |
| Uncontrolled subject: | 19th century egyptian culture |
| 20th century egyptian culture | |
| british occupation | |
| egypt | |
| egyptian honor | |
| egyptian nation | |
| egyptian nationalism | |
| egyptian revolution of 1919 | |
| egyptian revolution | |
| ethnicity | |
| family | |
| female figures | |
| feminine | |
| gender studies | |
| gender | |
| gendered images | |
| gendered language | |
| history | |
| idealization of the family | |
| islam | |
| islamic activists | |
| national independence | |
| nationalism | |
| nationalist iconography | |
| political | |
| politics | |
| religion | |
| slavery | |
| the wafd | |
| wafd party | |
| women activists | |
| women nationalists | |
| Classification: | 15.80 |
| General notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted content note: | 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 |
| Summary, etc: | 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. |
| Preferred title for the work: | Egypt as a woman |
| ISBN: | 1-282-36027-2 |
| 9786612360275 | |
| 1-4237-1487-3 | |
| 0-520-94081-4 | |
| 1-59875-527-7 | |
| Format: | Language material  |
| Bibliographic level | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783318003321 |
| You will find it: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Check copies here |