Pioneering Feminist Anthropology in Egypt: Selected Writings from Cynthis Nelson
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Department
Cairo Papers in Social Science
Program
Cairo Papers in Social Science
Description
Cynthia Nelson was an outstanding professor of anthropology at AUC and the founding director of the Institute of Gender and Women’s Studies. This collection of her essays, which highlight her distinguished scholarly career, is grouped under three main themes: phenomenology and the meaning of religious phenomena in Egypt; women, power, and politics in the Middle East; and the politics and ethics of location. Cynthia Nelson was the editor of the first Cairo Papers monograph in 1977: thirty years later, this issue marks her legacy to the humanistic and social scientific understanding of Egypt, a legacy balanced by the enormous institutional contributions she made to establishing feminist anthropology in Egypt.
ISBN
9789774160783
Publication Date
Summer 2005
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
City
Cairo
Keywords
Women Studies, Anthropology, Egypt
Series
Cairo Papers in Social Science 28(2/3)
Disciplines
Anthropology | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Rieker, M.
Abu-Lughod, L.
&
Tucker, J. E.
(2005). Pioneering Feminist Anthropology in Egypt: Selected Writings from Cynthis Nelson. American University in Cairo Press.
MLA Citation
Rieker, Martina, et al.
Pioneering Feminist Anthropology in Egypt: Selected Writings from Cynthis Nelson. American University in Cairo Press, 2005.