Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / / Mary Ann Fay.

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Year of Publication:2012
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
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Physical Description:xvii, 331 p. :; ill.
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300 |a xvii, 331 p. :  |b ill. 
440 0 |a Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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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