Between Marriage and the Market: Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo by Homa Hoodfar

Between Marriage and the Market: Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo

Homa Hoodfar

265 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative slow-paced
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Homa Hoodfar's richly detailed ethnography provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, she shows the crucial role of the household in survival s...

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