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ONLINE

1st ed.

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012

1 online resource (xvii, 331 p.) : ill

ISBN 9780815651703 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780815632931 (cloth : alk. paper)

aMiddle East studies beyond dominant paradigms

Includes bibliographical references and index

Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women’s property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)859674267