Baladi Women of Cairo

Baladi Women of Cairo
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Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 1555872689
ISBN-13 : 9781555872687
Rating : 4/5 (687 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Baladi Women of Cairo by : Evelyn A. Early

Download or read book Baladi Women of Cairo written by Evelyn A. Early and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional, urban Egyptian women - baladi women - extol themselves with the proverb, A baladi woman can play with an egg and a stone without breaking the egg. Evelyn Early illustrates this and other expressions of baladi women's self-identity by observing and recording their everyday discourse and how these women - who consider themselves destitute yet savvy - handle such matters as housing, work, marriage, religion, health and life in general.


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