Modernizing Marriage: Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century Egypt

by Kenneth Cuno and Kenneth M. Cuno

Book Overview

In 1910, when Khedive Abbas II married a second wife surreptitiously, the contrast with his openly polygamous grandfather, Ismail, whose multiple wives and concubines signified his grandeur and masculinity, could not have been greater. That contrast reflected the spread of new ideals of family life that accompanied the development of Egypt's modern marriage system. Modernizing Marriage explores the evolution of marriage and marital relations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815633920
• ISBN13: 9780815633921
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"