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Policing Egyptian women [electronic resource] : sex, law, and medicine in Khedival Egypt / Liat Kozma.

By: Kozma, Liat.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Gender and globalization. Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxvii, 174 p. : ill.Subject(s): Women -- Egypt -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Honor killings -- Egypt -- History | Egypt -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.48/89276209034 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Egyptian legal reform -- Medicine, law, and the female body -- Female slaves, manumission, and abolition -- Prostitutes and other women of ill repute -- Virginity, honor, and premarital defloration.
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305.48/89276209034 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Egyptian legal reform -- Medicine, law, and the female body -- Female slaves, manumission, and abolition -- Prostitutes and other women of ill repute -- Virginity, honor, and premarital defloration.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.