Unveiling the harem :: elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo /
There is a long history in the West of representing Middle Eastern women as uniformly oppressed by Islam, by Islamic law, and by men. Stereotypical views of Middle Eastern women today maintain that they are without legal rights, do not attend universities or have jobs outside their homes, and are no...
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms.
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| Zusammenfassung: | There is a long history in the West of representing Middle Eastern women as uniformly oppressed by Islam, by Islamic law, and by men. Stereotypical views of Middle Eastern women today maintain that they are without legal rights, do not attend universities or have jobs outside their homes, and are not full citizens of their countries because they cannot vote or hold public office. Similar misinformation circulated in the eighteenth century when European male travellers to Egypt, documenting their observations, depicted harem women as sexual objects, deprived of autonomy, and held captive by their husbands. Fay's Unveiling the Harem offers a persuasive corrective to this distorted view of Middle Eastern women. Instead of the odalisque of nineteenth-century painting and the fevered imaginings of European travellers, historical research reveals that elite women in powerful, wealthy households exercised their rights under Islamic law, property rights in particular, to become owners of lucrative real estate in Cairo as well as influential members of their families and the wider society. One such woman, Sitt Nafisa, who was literate in several languages, commissioned a public water fountain and a Qur'anic school that still stands today. She played a pivotal role as the intermediary between French officials and her husband, who was leading the revolt against the French from Upper Egypt. Based on documents from various archives in Cairo, including records of women's property ownership, repeated visits to eighteenth-century palaces and their family quarters, and textual reconstruction's of the elite residential neighbourhoods of the city, Unveiling the Harem presents a lucid and historically grounded portrait of Egyptian women, stripped of the powerless victim narrative that is still with us today. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (344 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780815651703 0815651708 |
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| spelling | Fay, Mary Ann, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85328516 Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / Mary Ann Fay. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, ©2012. 1 online resource (344 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 text file rdaft http://rdaregistry.info/termList/fileType/1002 Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms Includes bibliographical references and index. Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue. Print version record. There is a long history in the West of representing Middle Eastern women as uniformly oppressed by Islam, by Islamic law, and by men. Stereotypical views of Middle Eastern women today maintain that they are without legal rights, do not attend universities or have jobs outside their homes, and are not full citizens of their countries because they cannot vote or hold public office. Similar misinformation circulated in the eighteenth century when European male travellers to Egypt, documenting their observations, depicted harem women as sexual objects, deprived of autonomy, and held captive by their husbands. Fay's Unveiling the Harem offers a persuasive corrective to this distorted view of Middle Eastern women. Instead of the odalisque of nineteenth-century painting and the fevered imaginings of European travellers, historical research reveals that elite women in powerful, wealthy households exercised their rights under Islamic law, property rights in particular, to become owners of lucrative real estate in Cairo as well as influential members of their families and the wider society. One such woman, Sitt Nafisa, who was literate in several languages, commissioned a public water fountain and a Qur'anic school that still stands today. She played a pivotal role as the intermediary between French officials and her husband, who was leading the revolt against the French from Upper Egypt. Based on documents from various archives in Cairo, including records of women's property ownership, repeated visits to eighteenth-century palaces and their family quarters, and textual reconstruction's of the elite residential neighbourhoods of the city, Unveiling the Harem presents a lucid and historically grounded portrait of Egyptian women, stripped of the powerless victim narrative that is still with us today. Households Egypt Cairo History 18th century. Harems Egypt Cairo History 18th century. Mamelukes Social conditions 18th century. Women Egypt Cairo Social conditions 18th century. Cairo (Egypt) Social life and customs 18th century. Ménages (Statistique) Égypte Le Caire Histoire 18e siècle. Mamelouks Conditions sociales 18e siècle. Femmes Égypte Le Caire Conditions sociales 18e siècle. SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East Egypt. bisacsh Harems fast Households fast Mamelukes fast Manners and customs fast Women Social conditions fast Egypt Cairo fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJp9rVd8hh49CYDFr7hj4q 1700-1799 fast History fast has work: Unveiling the harem (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGbc9vqdqCkmYqmPxyCgBq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Fay, Mary Ann. Unveiling the harem. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, ©2012 9780815632931 (DLC) 2012018985 (OCoLC)759173918 Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97029434 |
| spellingShingle | Fay, Mary Ann Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms. Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue. Households Egypt Cairo History 18th century. Harems Egypt Cairo History 18th century. Mamelukes Social conditions 18th century. Women Egypt Cairo Social conditions 18th century. Ménages (Statistique) Égypte Le Caire Histoire 18e siècle. Mamelouks Conditions sociales 18e siècle. Femmes Égypte Le Caire Conditions sociales 18e siècle. SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East Egypt. bisacsh Harems fast Households fast Mamelukes fast Manners and customs fast Women Social conditions fast |
| title | Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / |
| title_auth | Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / |
| title_exact_search | Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / |
| title_full | Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / Mary Ann Fay. |
| title_fullStr | Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / Mary Ann Fay. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / Mary Ann Fay. |
| title_short | Unveiling the harem : |
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| title_sub | elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / |
| topic | Households Egypt Cairo History 18th century. Harems Egypt Cairo History 18th century. Mamelukes Social conditions 18th century. Women Egypt Cairo Social conditions 18th century. Ménages (Statistique) Égypte Le Caire Histoire 18e siècle. Mamelouks Conditions sociales 18e siècle. Femmes Égypte Le Caire Conditions sociales 18e siècle. SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East Egypt. bisacsh Harems fast Households fast Mamelukes fast Manners and customs fast Women Social conditions fast |
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