Defiance and Compliance: Negotiating Gender in Low-Income Cairo (New Directions in Anthropology, 15)

El-Kholy, Heba

 
9781571813909: Defiance and Compliance: Negotiating Gender in Low-Income Cairo (New Directions in Anthropology, 15)
ISBN 10: 157181390X ISBN 13: 9781571813909
Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Heba El-Kholy is a development professional and social anthropologist. An Egyptian, she was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. She holds a PhD. in Anthropology and Sociology from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and a Masters degree in development Sociology from Cornell University. Over the past 18 years, she has worked in the Arab world as a development practitioner, activist, researcher and programme advisor with a number of regional and international organizations, including the Ford Foundation, the Canadian International Devplopment Agency (CIDA), and International Quality International. She has published numerous articles related to development and poverty and is a founder and board member of the Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women, (ADEW), in Egypt. Dr. El-Kholy currently lives and works in New York where she is Policy Advisor at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

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Verlag
Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
157181390X
ISBN 13 
9781571813909
Einband
Bibliothekseinband
Anzahl der Seiten
286
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