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Article: Defiance and Compliance: Negotiating Gender in Low-Income Cairo. (Books).(Heba El-Kholy, author)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- International Peace Update
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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Author: Heba Aziz ElKholy
In contrast to the common stereotype of Middle Eastern women as totally oppressed and devoid of agency, this study shows the complex and diverse ways in which low-income women devise strategies to contest existing gender arrangements and improve their situation. It is a significant contribution to current debates about poverty, gender, power and resistance.
"Dr. El-Kholy's powerful stidy of labouring women in four Cairo neighbourhoods shows them vigorously confronting gender inequalities. Mindful of their sexual reputations, they see marriage less as oppression, more as risky entry into the "real" world of womanhood. ...