Development, change, and gender in Cairo [electronic resource] : a view from the household / edited by Diane Singerman and Homa H oodfar.
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TextSeries: Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1996.Description: xl, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0585001006 (electronic bk.)
- 9780585001005 (electronic bk.)
- 339.2/2 20
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Survival strategies and the political economy of low-income househol ds in Cairo / Homa Hoodfar -- Transforming women's identity : the intersection of household and workplace in Cairo / Arlene Elowe Mac Leod -- Egyptian male migration and urban families left behind : "fe minization of the Egyptian family" or a reaffirmation of traditional ge nder roles? / Homa Hoodfar -- What's the use? the household, low- income women, and literacy / K.R. Kamphoefner -- The state, urban households and management of daily life : food and social order in Cai ro / Nadia Khouri-Dagher -- Beyond paradigms of development : a p ragmatic response to housing needs in Cairo's inner city / Nawal Mah moud Hassan -- The family and community as politics : the popular se ctor in Cairo / Diane Singerman.
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