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Delineates the intricate manner in which the modern state in Egypt monitored, controlled, and “policed” the bodies of subaltern women. Some of these women were runaway slaves, others were deflowered outside of marriage, and still others were prostitutes. Kozma traces the effects of nineteenth-century developments on these women who lived at the margins of society.

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This book sets a new standard for studies of women, gender, and state formation in nineteenth-century Egypt, and its approach is certainly applicable to other periods. Kozma’s greatest contribution... is her clear demonstration of the significance of women at society’s margins for the consolidation of a new juridical culture and the impact of a new judicial culture on those women’s lives. The result of Kozma's dedication to exhuming the subaltern voice, her impressive research, and her deft writing create a snapshot of khedival Egypt.

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      Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
      Publication Date: 8/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815632818, 978-0815632818
      ISBN10: 0815632819
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      Book Synopsis
      Delineates the intricate manner in which the modern state in Egypt monitored, controlled, and “policed” the bodies of subaltern women. Some of these women were runaway slaves, others were deflowered outside of marriage, and still others were prostitutes. Kozma traces the effects of nineteenth-century developments on these women who lived at the margins of society.

      Trade Review
      This book sets a new standard for studies of women, gender, and state formation in nineteenth-century Egypt, and its approach is certainly applicable to other periods. Kozma’s greatest contribution... is her clear demonstration of the significance of women at society’s margins for the consolidation of a new juridical culture and the impact of a new judicial culture on those women’s lives. The result of Kozma's dedication to exhuming the subaltern voice, her impressive research, and her deft writing create a snapshot of khedival Egypt.

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