Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo /
Fay, Mary Ann.
Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / [electronic resource] : Mary Ann Fay. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012. - xvii, 331 p. : ill. - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780815651703 (electronic bk.)
Women--Social conditions--Egypt--Cairo--18th century.
Mamelukes--Social conditions--18th century.
Harems--History--Egypt--Cairo--18th century.
Households--History--Egypt--Cairo--18th century.
Cairo (Egypt)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Electronic books.
HQ1793 / .F39 2012
305.40962/16
Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / [electronic resource] : Mary Ann Fay. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012. - xvii, 331 p. : ill. - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780815651703 (electronic bk.)
Women--Social conditions--Egypt--Cairo--18th century.
Mamelukes--Social conditions--18th century.
Harems--History--Egypt--Cairo--18th century.
Households--History--Egypt--Cairo--18th century.
Cairo (Egypt)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Electronic books.
HQ1793 / .F39 2012
305.40962/16