My house and yours : Egyptian state servants and the new geography of nationalism -- Inside Egypt : the harem, the hovel and the Western construction of an Egyptian national landscape -- Domesticating Egypt : the gendered politics of the British occupation -- The home, the classroom and the cultivation of Egyptian nationalism -- Table talk : the home economics of nationhood -- Reform on display : the family politics of the 1919 revolution -- Conclusion : It's a girl! Gender and the birth of modern Egyptian nationalism
Summary
Focusing on gender & the family, this text reconsiders the origins of Egyptian nationalism & the revolution of 1919 by linking social changes in class & household structure to the politics of engagement with British colonial rule
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-276) and index
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