Gender and class in the Egyptian women's movement, 1925-1939
Subtitle: changing perspectives
By: Cathlyn Mariscotti.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780815631705
Subjects: Feminism -- Egypt; Feminism and literature -- Egypt; Women's rights -- Egypt; Women in development -- Egypt
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Peter Gran; title: Acknowledgments; title: Egyptian women and the early feminist movement : introduction and overview of the literature; title: Egyptian ruling- and managerial-class women, 1925-1939 : toward a differentiated approach; title: The ruling class's hegemonic construct of woman : a discourse of cultural feminism; title: Cross-class alliance : managerial-class women's uneasy relationship with ruling-class women; title: The hegemonic construct of woman : managerial-class women's resistance; title: Summary; title: Glossary.