New Directions in Anthropology

Negotiating Gender in Low-Income Cairo

By: Heba El-Kholy

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Hardcover | 1 December 2002

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The gap between rich and poor is widening in most countries, putting more pressure on women in particular who often find themselves with the ultimate responsibility to provide for their families, especially their children, in the face of economic and political discrimination. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews in four low-income neighborhoods in Cairo, this book offers rich, novel and intimate data relating to poor women's lives and everyday forms of resistance to gender inequalities in the labor market and at home. In contrast to the common stereotype of Middle Eastern women as totally oppressed and devoid of agency, this study shows the complex and diverse ways in which low-income women devise strategies to contest existing gender arrangements and improve their situation. It is a significant contribution to current debates about poverty, gender, power, and resistance.

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"[This book] is commended as being a thoughtful and thought-provoking survey which offers much-needed insights on economic ramifications and their lasting effects." · Midwest Book Review

"The 13th volume in the outstanding 'New Directions in Anthropology' series...is a collection of insightful observations and cogent interviews ... and commended as being a thoughtful and thought-provoking survey which offers much-needed insights on economic ramifications and their lasting effects." · The Bookwatch

"Dr.El-Kholy's powerful study of labouring women in four Cairo neighbourhoods shows them vigorously confronting gender inequalities. Mindful of their sexual reputations, they see marriage less as oppression, more as a risky entry into the 'real' world of womanhood. These women can be strong in negotiations over marriage contracts, and wage-rates. Crystal-clear analysis, persuasive writing, and contextualised ethnography combine to make this book an intellectual and political challenge." · Peter Loizos, London School of Economics

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Sociology & Customs & Traditions Ethnic Studies Social Issues & Processes Feminism & Feminist Theory Anthropology

Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography Poverty & Unemployment

Dedication
Acknowledgement
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction: A Personal Trajectory	p. 1
Rethinking Approaches to Resistance, Power and Gender Relations: Towards a Theoretical Framework	p. 12
The Macrocontext: an Overview of Sociopolitical and Economic Transformations in Egypt	p. 31
The Research Setting and Characteristics of the Study Community	p. 46
Ethnography in One's Native City: Research Approach, Methods, and Fieldwork Encounters	p. 62
Premarital Standards and Expectations	p. 84
Marriage Transactions and Negotiations	p. 101
Defiance and Acquiescence in The Labor Market	p. 131
Conjugal Arrangements and Sexuality	p. 167
Intrahousehold Decisions and Extrahousehold Networks	p. 192
Conclusion: Toward an "Organic Feminism"	p. 217
Tables	p. 230
Map of Cairo	p. 231
App. 1: Description of Study Population	p. 232
App. 2: Guiding Research Questions	p. 235
Bibliography	p. 237
Index	p. 259
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