Unveiling the harem [electronic resource] : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / Mary Ann Fay.
Material type: TextSeries: Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigmsPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 331 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 305.40962/16 23
- HQ1793 .F39 2012
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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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