Between Marriage and the Market Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo 1st Edition by Homa Hoodfar ISBN 052091886X 9780520918863

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ISBN 10: 052091886X

ISBN 13: 9780520918863

Author:  Homa Hoodfar 

Between Marriage and the Market: Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo 1st Edition: Homa Hoodfar’s richly detailed ethnography provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, she shows the crucial role of the household in survival strategies among low-income Egyptians. Hoodfar, an Iranian Muslim by birth, presents research that undermines many of the stereotypes associated with traditional Muslim women. Their apparent conservatism, she says, is based on rational calculation of the costs and benefits of working within formal and informal labor markets to secure household power. She posits that increasing adherence to Islam and taking up the veil on the part of women has been partially motivated by women’s desire to protect and promote their interests both within and beyond households.

 

Between Marriage and the Market: Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The Research and Its Social and Physical Setting

• Arriving in Cairo
• Methodology
• The People
• The Neighborhoods
• The Macro Context: The Making of Egypt’s Modern Economy
• International Migration
• Summary

Chapter 2: Marriage, Family, and Household

• Why Marriage?
• Marriage in Its Cultural Context
• Choosing a Suitor
• Arranged Marriages versus Love Marriages
• Marriage Negotiations: Strategies to Reduce Marital Conflicts
• Polygynous Marriages
• Summary

Chapter 3: In Search of Cash: Men in the Labor Market

• The Rising Need for Cash
• Urban Employment Opportunities
• Male Employment in the Neighborhoods
• Employment Opportunities in the Informal Economy
• Migration as a Cash-Raising Strategy
• Cash Contributions from Other Male Members of the Household
• Summary

Chapter 4: Women and Employment

• Urban Women in the Labor Market: The Historical View
• The Legal Position of Women in the Labor Market
• Major Issues in Measuring the Female Labor Force in Egypt
• Gainful Employment among the Informants
• Employment in the Formal Sector
• Attitudes toward Gainful Employment
• The Male View of Women’s Paid Work
• Summary

Chapter 5: Money Management and Patterns of Household Budgeting

• Financial Arrangements
• Patterns of Budgeting in the Neighborhoods
• Impact of Male Migration on Budgeting
• The Contribution of Women’s Wages
• Men’s Pocket Money
• Summary

Chapter 6: Nonmonetary Contributions to the Household Pool

• Domestic Work
• Domestic Work in the Neighborhoods
• Child-Rearing
• Shopping
• Cash-Saving Labor
• Dealing with Public Institutions
• Summary

Chapter 7: Expenditure and Consumption Patterns

• Patterns of Expenditure
• Recurrent Expenditures
• Rent and Other Miscellaneous Routine Expenditures
• Accumulation of Assets
• Financing Methods
• Decision Making
• Summary

Chapter 8: Social Networks and Informal Associations

• The Saving Associations
• Communal Marital and Childbirth Contributions
• Neighborly Networks
• Men’s Networks
• Vertical and Bureaucratic Networks
• Kin Networks
• Summary

Chapter 9: Fertility and Sexual Politics

• Fertility
• Sexuality and Sexual Desire in Everyday Life
• Enhancing Children’s Sexuality: Why Circumcision?
• Summary

Chapter 10: Conclusion

 

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