Defiance and compliance : negotiating gender in low-income Cairo

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    • El-Kholy, Heba Aziz

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Defiance and compliance : negotiating gender in low-income Cairo

Heba Aziz El-Kholy

(New directions in anthropology, v. 15)

Berghahn Books, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-258) and index

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内容説明

The gap between rich and poor is widening in most countries, putting more pressure on women in particular who often find themselves with the ultimate responsibility to provide for their families, especially their children, in the face of economic and political discrimination. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews in four low-income neighborhoods in Cairo, this book offers rich, novel and intimate data relating to poor women's lives and everyday forms of resistance to gender inequalities in the labor market and at home. In contrast to the common stereotype of Middle Eastern women as totally oppressed and devoid of agency, this study shows the complex and diverse ways in which low-income women devise strategies to contest existing gender arrangements and improve their situation. It is a significant contribution to current debates about poverty, gender, power, and resistance.

目次

Dedication Acknowledgement A Note on Transliteration Introduction: A Personal Trajectory Chapter 1. Rethinking Approaches to Resistance, Power and Gender Relations: Towards a Theoretical Framework Chapter 2. The Macrocontext: an Overview of Sociopolitical and Economic Transformations in Egypt Chapter 3. The Research Setting and Characteristics of the Study Community Chapter 4. Ethnography in One's Native City: Research Approach, Methods, and Fieldwork Encounters Chapter 5. Premarital Standards and Expectations Chapter 6. Marriage Transactions and Negotiations Chapter 7. Defiance and Acquiescence in The Labor Market Chapter 8. Conjugal Arrangements and Sexuality Chapter 9. Intrahousehold Decisions and Extrahousehold Networks Conclusion: Toward an "Organic Feminism" Tables Table I: Population of Egypt, 1937-1995 Table II: An Example of an Ayma Map Map I: Map of Cairo Appendices Appendix I: Description of Study Population Appendix II: Guiding Research Questions Bibliography Index

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