Tomorrow, God willing : self-made destinies in Cairo /
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| Author / Creator: | Wikan, Unni, 1944- |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996. |
| Description: | xvii, 333 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2751804 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Transliteration Cast of Characters
- Introduction
- Prelude:Talking Together Makes Wise
- Part 1. Woman, Mother, and Poor
- 1. A Broken Dream Presentation (anno1982) The dream "And ever since have I neglected my looks"
- 2. Tomorrow, God Willing "The man should have his freedom, but not at the woman's expense" "The man is like a child" "God helps him who helps himself"
- 3. The Back Street Environment The way in Shoes make people The modern quarter Thebaladiquarter
- 4. A Woman and Her Man Umm Ali Mustafa
- 5. The Children Rights to intercourse Hit-or-miss contraception Maternal love
- 6. A Life in Poverty Living quarters Life without schedule "Peoplethinkwe are well off" Figuring time and money A closer look inside the flat Priorities A house of one's own Tomorrow, God willing
- 7. Seven Brothers and Sisters Ali Amin Hoda Mona Afaf Anwar Nosa
- 8. For the Children's Sake "I don't care if they starve or they die" "If only the children were happy"
- Part 2. Umm Ali Speaks
- 9. The Source of All Misery: Mustafa and thenbsp;Money "As if 'never min' can fill a belly" "I, without earning a penny, have to be the provider" "But you are poor and that's no shame" Simple treason Securing one's due "The shepherd is responsible for his flock" "It's notyouwho will be shamed" "It's brains he lacks, not money"
- 10. Manchild Mustafa
- 11. Marriage and Love "Like a third-rate girlfriend" A flop Sharing responsibility "It's a heavy burden to carry unreciprocated gifts" Would you callthishappiness? "Marriage makes a man of you" "He goes one way, I go the other, and never the twain shall meet" "Like a stranger from the street"
- 12. Might and Vulnerability "In many a house, she is the man and he the woman" "For if I hit him, he wouldn't be a man" To control oneself To strike first and think afterwards The house of obedience A blessed chicken "The man is the wife's best doctor" "Only four times have I demanded divorce" "I neither love nor hate him"
- 13. Three Desperate Attempts at Self-Help The job: "So I can walk apart and look at him" An accursed care and a heartbreaking savings club The house site that gives wings to a dream
- Part 3. The Back Streets as a Social Environment
- 14. Everyone Begrudges Others Everything They Have Envy The people's talk Gossip The evil eye Invidious comparisons; or, Why everyone else seems better off
- 15. Materialism and Want Status symbols The material measure of a person's value The vulnerability of women
- Part 4. Daily Life and Rhythm
- 16. Typical Days in Umm Ali's Life
- Part 5. Growing Up in Poverty
- 17. The Child in the Family The problem of assessing experience "Egyptian children are kissed, not disciplined" Nature and nurture: The roles of mother and father Brothers and sisters Squabbling over food Different faces of poverty Bickering over clothes Sharing Self-defense
- 18. The Everyday World of Children A small world Home versus street The new age: TV Toys One day is like another School: Pathway to the future Social intelligence and competence
- Part 6. Three Ways out of Misery
- 19. Amin's Death
- 20. Afaf's Illness
- 21. Hoda's Spiritual Conversion
- Part 7. Some Important Persons and Events in Umm Ali's Life
- 22. Childhood and Youth, 1934-1949
- 23. Amira: Sister-in-Law Who Has Enough with Her Own
- 24. Ahmed: Beloved Brother
- 25. Farida: Sister Whom Life Did Not Spare
- 26. Umm Magdi and the Friendship That Broke Up
- 27. Some Who Were Not Mentioned
- 28. Houseguests Holding Their Ground
- Part 8. Young Today
- 29. On Freed