Baron, Beth.

Egypt as a woman : nationalism, gender, and politics / Beth Baron. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005. - xv, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-276) and index.

Images of the nation. Slavery, ethnicity, and family -- Constructing Egyptian honor -- Nationalist iconography -- Photography and the press -- The politics of women nationalists. The "ladies’ demonstrations" -- Mother of the Egyptians -- Partisans of the Wafd -- An Islamist activist.

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Women--Political activity--Egypt.
Women--Middle East.
Gender identity--Egypt.
Nationalism--Egypt.
Feminism--Egypt.


Egypt--Politics and government.

305.40962 / B.B. E 2005

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