Between Marriage and the Market Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo

Name: Between Marriage and the Market Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo
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ISBN: 9780520208254

ISBN-10: 0520208250

ISBN-13: 9780520208254

Edition: 1997

Authors: Homa Hoodfar

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Homa Hoodfar's richly detailed ethnography provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, she shows the crucial role of the household in survival strategies among low-income Egyptians. Hoodfar, an Iranian Muslim by birth, presents research that undermines many of the stereotypes associated with traditional Muslim women. Their apparent conservatism, she says, is based on rational calculation of the costs and benefits of working within formal and informal labor markets to secure household power. She posits that increasing adherence to Islam and taking up the veil on the part of women has been…

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List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 7/31/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 322
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Glossary


Introduction



The Research and Its Social and Physical Setting



Marriage, Family, and Household



In Search of Cash: Men in the Labor Market



Women and Employment



Money Management and Patterns of Household Budgeting



Nonmonetary Contributions to the Household Pool



Expenditure and Consumption Patterns



Social Networks and Informal Associations



Fertility and Sexual Politics



Conclusion


References


Index