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Development, change, and gender in Cairo : a view from the household / edited by Diane Singerman and Homa Hoodfar. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1996. - 1 online resource (xl, 195 pages) : illustrations. - Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies . - Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Survival strategies and the political economy of low-income households in Cairo / Transforming women's identity : the intersection of household and workplace in Cairo / Egyptian male migration and urban families left behind : "feminization of the Egyptian family" or a reaffirmation of traditional gender roles? / What's the use? the household, low-income women, and literacy / The state, urban households and management of daily life : food and social order in Cairo / Beyond paradigms of development : a pragmatic response to housing needs in Cairo's inner city / The family and community as politics : the popular sector in Cairo / Homa Hoodfar -- Arlene Elowe MacLeod -- Homa Hoodfar -- K.R. Kamphoefner -- Nadia Khouri-Dagher -- Nawal Mahmoud Hassan -- Diane Singerman.

ISBN: 0585001006 (electronic bk.) 9780585001005 (electronic bk.) (cl ; alk. paper) (pa ; alk. paper)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Households--Economic aspects--Egypt--Cairo Region.
Social change--Egypt--Cairo Region.
Poor--Egypt--Cairo Region.
Women--Employment--Cairo Region.--Egypt
Sex role--Cairo Region.--Egypt
Women--Social conditions.--Egypt--Cairo Region
Ménages (Statistique)--Aspect économique--Égypte--Caire, Région du.
Changement social--Égypte--Caire, Région du.
Pauvres--Égypte--Caire, Région du.
Femmes--Travail--Égypte--Caire, Région du.
Rôle selon le sexe--Égypte--Caire, Région du.
Femmes--Conditions sociales.--Égypte--Caire, Région du
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--Macroeconomics.
Households--Economic aspects.
Poor.
Social change.
Women--Social conditions.
Frau
Sozialer Wandel
Familie
Huishoudingen.
Sekseverschillen.
Rôle selon le sexe--Égypte--Le Caire (région)
Femmes--Conditions sociales.--Égypte--Le Caire (région)
Femmes--Travail--Égypte--Le Caire (région)
Pauvres--Égypte--Le Caire (région)
Ménages--Égypte--Le Caire (région)
Frau.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt.
Egypt--Cairo Region.
Kairo
Le Caire (Égypte ; région)--Conditions sociales.
Kairo.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HC830 / .D48 1996eb

Dewey Class. No.: 339.2/2