Creating the new Egyptian woman: consumerism, education, and national identity, 1863-1922

A "New Woman" was announced in Egypt at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a new genre of prescriptive literature, new products, a new education, and a physically changed home, she increasingly emerged in public life. This book discusses and debates the place of Egyptian women, while...

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Main Author: Russell, Mona (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY ; Basingstoke, Hampshire, England Palgrave Macmillan October 2004
Edition:First edition
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:A "New Woman" was announced in Egypt at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a new genre of prescriptive literature, new products, a new education, and a physically changed home, she increasingly emerged in public life. This book discusses and debates the place of Egyptian women, while focusing on consumerism and education. Russell sheds much-needed light on the struggle for identity in Egypt at a time of considerable flux and tension and provides a powerful angle to explore changing concepts of social dynamics and broader debates of what it meant to be "modern" while retaining local authenticity
Physical Description:xii, 237 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:1403962626
9781403962621
9781349999651

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