Women Travelers in Egypt: From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Manley, DeborahContributor
Cairo : American University in Cairo Press,
2012.
Until the late 19th century few guidebooks acknowledged the presence of women as travellers. Women's accounts of their own journeys began to appear more frequently in the early 19th century, and Egypt was a popular destination. Women had more time to watch and describe, were more dependent on the Egyptian staff, spent time both in the harems of Cairo and with the women they met along the Nile, and some spoke Arabic. Others wrote as observers of an exotic culture, with special access to some places no man could ever go.
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Until the late 19th century few guidebooks acknowledged the presence of women as travellers. Women's accounts of their own journeys began to appear more frequently in the early 19th century, and Egypt was a popular destination. Women had more time to watch and describe, were more dependent on the Egyptian staff, spent time both in the harems of Cairo and with the women they met along the Nile, and some spoke Arabic. Others wrote as observers of an exotic culture, with special access to some places no man could ever go.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alexandria, the Delta, and Suez -- Cairo -- The environs of Cairo -- Up the Nile from Cairo -- Nubia and beyond and turning north -- Northward down the Nile -- Luxor and the West Bank : the Thebes of old -- Egypt beyond the Nile : the desert -- The travelers : brief biographies.
Women travelers
History & Archaeology
Regions & Countries - Africa