Between marriage and the market : intimate politics and survival in Cairo /

Between marriage and the market : intimate politics and survival in Cairo /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hoodfar, Homa.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997.
Description:	xviii, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Comparative studies on Muslim societies. 24
Subject:	Households -- Economic aspects -- Egypt -- Cairo Region. Home economics -- Egypt -- Cairo Region. Poor -- Egypt -- Cairo Region. Sex role -- Egypt -- Cairo Region. Home economics. Households -- Economic aspects. Poor. Sex role. Egypt -- Cairo Region.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2770537

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ISBN:	0520206118 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520208250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-297) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. The Research and Its Social and Physical Setting
2. Marriage, Family, and Household
3. In Search of Cash: Men in the Labor Market
4. Women and Employment
5. Money Management and Patterns of Household Budgeting
6. Nonmonetary Contributions to the Household Pool
7. Expenditure and Consumption Patterns
8. Social Networks and Informal Associations
9. Fertility and Sexual Politics
10. Conclusion.