Defiance and Compliance

Negotiating Gender in Low-Income Cairo

von Heba El-Kholy

286 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: New Directions in Anthropology
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen
• ISBN: 9781571813909
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2002
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books