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020 _z9780815632931 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)822018655
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100 1 _aFay, Mary Ann.
245 1 0 _aUnveiling the harem
_h[electronic resource] :
_belite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo /
_cMary Ann Fay.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aSyracuse, N.Y. :
_bSyracuse University Press,
_c2012.
300 _axvii, 331 p. :
_bill.
440 0 _aMiddle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aReimagining 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aWomen
_zEgypt
_zCairo
_xSocial conditions
_y18th century.
650 0 _aMamelukes
_xSocial conditions
_y18th century.
650 0 _aHarems
_zEgypt
_zCairo
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aHouseholds
_zEgypt
_zCairo
_xHistory
_y18th century.
651 0 _aCairo (Egypt)
_xSocial life and customs
_y18th century.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10634008
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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