Gender and Class in the Egyptian Women's Movement, 1925-1939: Changing Perspectives

by Cathlyn Mariscotti

The women's movement in Egypt has been heralded as improving the lives of women in Egypt and paving the way for women throughout the Arab world. As seen through the eyes of the university educated elite and middle class, this is no doubt true, yet such a narrow view fails to account for the diversity of women's experience. In Changing Perspectives, Cathlyn Mariscotti provides a critical re-examination of the women's movement, framing it within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631707
• ISBN13: 9780815631705
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"