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

Author: Fay, Mary Ann
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms

Contents

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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Women—Egypt—Cairo—Social conditions—18th century
Mamelukes—Social conditions—18th century
Harems—Egypt—Cairo—History—18th century
Households—Egypt—Cairo—History—18th century
Cairo (Egypt)—Social life and customs—18th century

ISBN

9780815632931 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815632932 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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