Development, change, and gender in Cairo a view from the household / [electronic resource] : edited by Diane Singerman and Homa H oodfar. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1996. - xl, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Survival strategies and the political economy of low-income househol ds in Cairo / Transforming women's identity : the intersection of household and workplace in Cairo / Egyptian male migration and urban families left behind : "fe minization of the Egyptian family" or a reaffirmation of traditional ge nder roles? / What's the use? the household, low- income women, and literacy / The state, urban households and management of daily life : food and social order in Cai ro / Beyond paradigms of development : a p ragmatic response to housing needs in Cairo's inner city / The family and community as politics : the popular se ctor in Cairo / Homa Hoodfar -- Arlene Elowe Mac Leod -- Homa Hoodfar -- K.R. Kamphoefner -- Nadia Khouri-Dagher -- Nawal Mah moud Hassan -- Diane Singerman.


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Households -- Economic aspects -- Egypt -- Cairo Region.
Social change.
Poor -- Egypt -- Cairo Region.
Women -- Employment -- Cairo Region.-- Egypt
Sex role.
Women -- Social conditions.-- Egypt -- Cairo Region


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