Policing Egyptian Women: Sex, Law, and Medicine in Khedival Egypt
(Part of the Gender and Globalization Series)
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Policing Egyptian Women delineates the intricate manner in which the modern state in Egypt monitored, controlled, and "policed" the bodies of subaltern women. Some of these women were runaway slaves, others were deflowered outside of marriage, and still others were prostitutes. Kozma traces the effects of nineteenth-century developments such as the expansion of cities, the abolition of the slave trade, the formation of a new legal system,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0815632819
ISBN13:9780815632818
Release Date:September 2011
Publisher:Syracuse University Press
Length:204 Pages
Weight:0.92 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"
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