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Author:

Russell, Mona L.

Title:

Creating the new Egyptian woman : consumerism, education, and national identity, 1863-1922 / Mona L. Russell.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xii, 237 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Women--Egypt--Social conditions.
Women consumers--Egypt.
Women--Education--Egypt.
Women's rights--Egypt.
Vrouwen.
Consumptie.
Onderwijs.
Identiteit.
6.140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

9781403962621 (alk. paper)
1403962626 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54103814

LCCN:

2004041687

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)