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.
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Publisher
Palgrave USA
ISBN-13
9781403962621
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189073963
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Subject Area
Political Science
Author
M. Russell
Publication Name
Creating the New Egyptian Woman: Consumerism, Education, and National Identity, 1863-1922