Unveiling the Harem: Elite Women and the Paradox of Seclusion in Eighteenth-Century Cairo

by Mary Ann Fay

There is a long history in the West of representing Middle Eastern women as uniformly oppressed by Islam, by Islamic law, and by men. Stereotypical views of Middle Eastern women today maintain that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632932
• ISBN13: 9780815632931
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"