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Negotiating Marriage, Family and Work - Experiences of Middle Class Egyptian Women (Paperback)
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Negotiating Marriage, Family and Work - Experiences of Middle Class Egyptian Women (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
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Caught between two worlds of social transition and modern
progression, young women in the Middle East have for some time been
forging means to balance conventional gender roles and marriage
expectations, while also advancing their position in society
through improved legal status, health and educational attainment.
Yet, with half of Egypt's university-educated women out of the
labour market and not seeking work, this study reveals why
middle-class women continue to pursue a degree that they fail to
use. This book sheds light onto the lives of highly educated
middle-class Egyptian women, where they share their stories of
spouse selection and marriage, and how education, wealth and
unyielding gender roles influence their employment status. Through
qualitative ethnography, Negotiating Marriage, Family and Work
gives voice to young Egyptian women, both married and single,
presenting their self-perceptions, their roles as mothers and
wives, and their agency. Carried out from the time of the Arab
Spring, this research uncovers the key strategies that middle-class
women employ to secure their economic well-being in their marital
and domestic contexts, as well as the barriers that married women
face in combining paid work and family care.
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