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

Author/creator Fay, Mary Ann
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoSyracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press,
Descriptionxvii, 331p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
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.

SeriesMiddle 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012018985
ISBN9780815632931 (cloth : alk. paper)

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