Creating the New Egyptian Woman

Consumerism, Education, and National Identity, 1863-1922
2004
ISBN: 978-1-4039-6262-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Russell

Russell, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements * Note on transliteration and translation * Introduction * Part One: 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 * Part Two: Teaching the New Woman * Preface: "The Mother Is a School" * Education: Creating Mothers, Wives, Workers, Believers, and Citizens * The Discourse on Female Education * Textbooks: Defining Roles and Boundaries * Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Mona L. Russell has taught at the American University in Cairo, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.