عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HQ1793 .F39 2012
HQ1793
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F39
2012
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
9780815632931 (cloth : alk. paper)
91-2692
انگلیسی
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
, c2012.
xvii, 331p.
: ill.
; 24 cm.
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.
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Women-- Egypt-- Cairo-- Social conditions-- 18th century.
Mamelukes-- Social conditions-- 18th century.
Harems-- Egypt-- Cairo-- History-- 18th century.
Households-- Egypt-- Cairo-- History-- 18th century.
Cairo (Egypt), Social life and customs, 18th century.
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HQ1793
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F39
2012
Fay, Mary Ann.
20130109173659.0
BL
251648
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