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Between marriage and the market : intimate politics and survival in Cairo / Homa Hoodfar.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 1999.Description: 302 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9774245008 (pbk.)
  • 9789774245008 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.2/2
LOC classification:
  • HC 830 H777b 1999
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.
Summary: Takes the reader into the Muslim home for a rare and intimate glimpse of the modern-day Muslim family. An Iranian Muslim by birth, Homa Hoodfar investigates the lives of poor families in Cairo over the course of a decade's research, documenting an Arab culture seldom understood by outsiders.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 830 H777b 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000069513

Originally published by the University of California Press, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-297) and index.

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.

Takes the reader into the Muslim home for a rare and intimate glimpse of the modern-day Muslim family. An Iranian Muslim by birth, Homa Hoodfar investigates the lives of poor families in Cairo over the course of a decade's research, documenting an Arab culture seldom understood by outsiders.

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