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Hoodfar, Homa.

Between marriage and the market : intimate politics and survival in Cairo / Homa Hoodfar. - Berkeley : University of California Press, �1997. - 1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) - Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 24 . - Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 24. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index.

1. The Research and Its Social and Physical Setting -- 2. Marriage, Family, and Household -- 3. In Search of Cash: Men in the Labor Market -- 4. Women and Employment -- 5. Money Management and Patterns of Household Budgeting -- 6. Nonmonetary Contributions to the Household Pool -- 7. Expenditure and Consumption Patterns -- 8. Social Networks and Informal Associations -- 9. Fertility and Sexual Politics -- 10. Conclusion.


English.

ISBN: 9780520918863 052091886X 0585032874 9780585032870 9780520206113 0520206118 9780520208254 0520208250

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Households--Economic aspects--Egypt--Cairo Region.
Home economics--Egypt--Cairo Region.
Poor--Egypt--Cairo Region.
Sex role--Cairo Region.--Egypt
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economics--Macroeconomics.
Home economics.
Households--Economic aspects.
Poor.
Business & Economics.
Economic History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt.
Egypt--Cairo Region.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HC830.Z7 / C343 1997eb

Dewey Class. No.: 339.2/2