ISBN:
0520937538
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9780520937536
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 287 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.] [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Parallel Title:
Print version Nurturing the nation
DDC:
306.85/0962
Keywords:
Families
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Family policy Cross-cultural studies History
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Egypt History 19th century
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Egypt History 20th century
Abstract:
Focusing on gender & the family, this text reconsiders the origins of Egyptian nationalism & the revolution of 1919 by linking social changes in class & household structure to the politics of engagement with British colonial rule
Description / Table of Contents:
My house and yours : Egyptian state servants and the new geography of nationalismInside Egypt : the harem, the hovel and the Western construction of an Egyptian national landscape -- Domesticating Egypt : the gendered politics of the British occupation -- The home, the classroom and the cultivation of Egyptian nationalism -- Table talk : the home economics of nationhood -- Reform on display : the family politics of the 1919 revolution -- Conclusion : It's a girl! Gender and the birth of modern Egyptian nationalism.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-276) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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