Working Women, the New Veiling, and Change in Cairo
MacLeod, Arlene
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Paperback (C Format)
232 pages
Bibliography, Index
Published: 1993
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN / EAN: 0231072813
This study examines the subculture framing the behaviour of lower-middle class women in Cairo and evaluates their constraints. It examines the conflicting ideologies of this class, where economic pressures push women into the workplace while traditional