Development, change, and gender in Cairo : a view from the household

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Acknowledgments Introduction: The Household as Mediator: Political Economy, Development, and Gender in Contemporary Cairo Diane Singerman and Homa Hoodfar 2. Survival Strategies and the Political Economy of Low-Income Households in Cairo Homa Hoodfar 2. Transforming Women's Identity: The Intersection of Household and Workplace in Cairo Arlene Elowe MacLeod 3. Egyptian Male Migration and Urban Families Left Behind: Feminization of the Egyptian or a Reaffirmation of Traditional Gender Roles? Homa Hoodfar 4. What's the Use? The Household, Low-Income Women, and Literacy K.R. Kamphoefner 5. The State, Urban Households, and Management of Daily Life: Food and Social Order in Cairo Nadia Khouri-Dagher 6. Beyond Paradigms of Development: A Pragmatic Response to Housing Needs in Cairo's Inner City Nawal Mahmoud Hassan 7. The Family and Community as Politics: The Popular Sector in Cairo Diane Singerman Contributors Index

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