The Women's Awakening in Egypt: Culture, Society, and the Press

by Beth Baron and Professor Beth Baron

Book Overview

Between 1892 and 1920 nearly thirty Arabic periodicals by, for, and about women were produced in Egypt for circulation throughout the Arab world. This flourishing women's press provided a forum for debating such topics as the rights of woman, marriage and divorce, and veiling and seclusion, and also offered a mechanism for disseminating new ideologies and domestic instruction. In this book, Beth Baron presents the first sustained study of this remarkable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300072716
• ISBN13: 9780300072716
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"