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Offers a reexamination of the Egyptian women's movement in light of class differences. This book describes the way in which elite feminism created a concept of womanhood that fed into the nationalist cultural ideal, one that was not necessarily progressive for all Egyptian women.

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Original.... An important and timely intervention into the history of Egyptian feminism." - Samah Selim, author of The Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1800-1985

Gender and Class in the Egyptian Womens Movement

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      Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
      Publication Date: 11/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815631705, 978-0815631705
      ISBN10: 0815631707
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      Ancient history Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a reexamination of the Egyptian women's movement in light of class differences. This book describes the way in which elite feminism created a concept of womanhood that fed into the nationalist cultural ideal, one that was not necessarily progressive for all Egyptian women.

      Trade Review
      Original.... An important and timely intervention into the history of Egyptian feminism." - Samah Selim, author of The Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1800-1985

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