In this Book
- Policing Egyptian Women: Sex, Law, and Medicine in Khedival Egypt
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
summary
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, and the development of a new forensic medical expertise on these women who lived at the margins of society.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. xv-xxvii
- 1. Egyptian Legal Reform
- pp. 1-22
- Conclusion
- pp. 117-121
- Bibliography
- pp. 153-167
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815651345
Related ISBN(s)
9780815632818
MARC Record
OCLC
785782991
Pages
200
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No