For Better, For Worse - The Marriage Crisis That Made Modern Egypt (Hardcover, New)

For many Egyptians in the early twentieth century, the biggest national problem was not British domination or the Great Depression but a "marriage crisis" heralded in the press as a devastating rise in the number of middle-class men refraining from marriage. Voicing anxieties over a presumed increase in bachelorhood, Egyptians also used the failings of Egyptian marriage to criticize British rule, unemployment, the disintegration of female seclusion, the influx of women into schools, middle-class materialism, and Islamic laws they deemed incompatible with modernity.
"For Better, For Worse" explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns. Delving into the vastly different portrayals and practices of marriage in both the press and the Islamic court records, this innovative look at how Egyptians understood marital and civil rights and duties during the early twentieth century offers fresh insights into ongoing debates about nationalism, colonialism, gender, and the family.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Hanan Kholoussy
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	200
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-6959-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8047-6959-1
Barcode:	9780804769594

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