How Private Lives Determine Work Options: Reflections on Poor Women's Employment in Egypt

Authors

Hania Sholkamy, The American University in CairoFollow

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Department

Sociology, Egyptology & Anthropology Department

Program

Anthropology

Abstract

This book presents a comparative historical overview of female employment patterns across the Mediterranean region, analyzing how the relationship between economic development, political change and the cultural environment shapes the evolution of gender roles in interconnected spheres of social life.

Publication Date

2012

Document Type

Book Chapter

Book Title

Trajectories of Female Employment in the Mediterranean

ISBN

978-1-137-03207-2

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

City

London

First Page

114

Last Page

135

Disciplines

Anthropology | Gender and Sexuality

Recommended Citation

APA Citation

Sholkamy, H. (2012).How Private Lives Determine Work Options: Reflections on Poor Women's Employment in Egypt. Palgrave Macmillan. , 114-135
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/1230

MLA Citation

Sholkamy, Hania How Private Lives Determine Work Options: Reflections on Poor Women's Employment in Egypt. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.pp. 114-135
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/1230