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Author Hoodfar, Homa

Title Between marriage and the market : intimate politics and survival in Cairo / Homa Hoodfar
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages)
Series Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 24
Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 24.
Contents 1. The Research and Its Social and Physical Setting -- 2. Marriage, Family, and Household -- 3. In Search of Cash: Men in the Labor Market -- 4. Women and Employment -- 5. Money Management and Patterns of Household Budgeting -- 6. Nonmonetary Contributions to the Household Pool -- 7. Expenditure and Consumption Patterns -- 8. Social Networks and Informal Associations -- 9. Fertility and Sexual Politics -- 10. Conclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index
Notes English
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Subject Households -- Economic aspects -- Egypt -- Cairo Region
Home economics -- Egypt -- Cairo Region
Poor -- Egypt -- Cairo Region
Sex role -- Egypt -- Cairo Region
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
Home economics
Households -- Economic aspects
Poor
Business & Economics.
Economic History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Egypt
Egypt -- Cairo Region
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520918863
052091886X
0585032874
9780585032870
9780520206113
0520206118
9780520208254
0520208250