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Sex Work in Colonial Egypt - Women, Modernity and the Global Economy (Hardcover)
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Sex Work in Colonial Egypt - Women, Modernity and the Global Economy (Hardcover)
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In the early 20th century Cairo was a vibrant and booming global
metropolis. The integration of Egypt into the global market had led
to rapid urban growth and increased migration. As occupational
prospects for women outside the family were limited, sex work
became a prominent feature of the new modern city. However, the
economic and social changes in Egypt ignited national anxieties
about racial degeneration, social disorder and imperial decadence.
Francesca Biancani argues here that this was a period of national
crisis that became inscribed on the bodies on female sex workers.
Based on a wide range of rare primary sources, including documents
from court cases, reformist papers, police minutes and letters,
Biancani examines the discourses around sex workers and shows how
prostitution was understood in colonial Egypt. The book argues that
from initially regulating and managing prostitution, local and
colonial elites began to depict sex workers as a threat to the
physical and moral welfare of the rising Egyptian nation. However,
far from being a marginal activity, prostitution is shown to play a
central role in the history of Egyptian nation-making. By exploring
the interdependence of power and marginality, respectability and
transgression, Biancani writes sex work and its practitioners back
into the history of modern Egypt. The book is an original
contribution to the global history of prostitution and a vital
resource for scholars of Middle East Studies.
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