| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- pt. 1. The household, consumerism, and the new woman. The house, city, and nation that Ismail built -- Patterns of urban consumption and development, 1879-1922 -- Advertising and consumer culture in Egypt: creating al-Sayyida al-Istihlakiyya -- al-Sayyida al-Istihlakiyya and the "new woman" -- pt. 2. Teaching the new woman. Education: creating mothers, wives, workers, believers, and citizens -- The discourse on female education -- Textbooks: defining roles and boundaries -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
A "New Woman" was announced in Egypt at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a new genre of prescriptive literature, new products, a new education, and a physically changed home, she increasingly emerged in public life. This book discusses and debates the place of Egyptian women, while focusing on consumerism and education. Russell sheds much-needed light on the struggle for identity in Egypt at a time of considerable flux and tension and provides a powerful angle to explore changing concepts of social dynamics and broader debates of what it meant to be "modern" while retaining local authenticity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-229) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Egypt -- Social conditions
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Women consumers -- Egypt
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Women -- Education -- Egypt
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Women's rights -- Egypt
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Asian history.
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Gender studies: women.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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History.
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Women consumers
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Women -- Education
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Women -- Social conditions
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Women's rights
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Frau
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Vrouwen.
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Consumptie.
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Onderwijs.
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Identiteit.
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Geschichte 1863-1922.
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Egypt
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Ägypten
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004041687 |
| ISBN |
9781403979612 |
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1403979618 |
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128136827X |
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9781281368270 |
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