Unveiling the Harem - Elite Women and the Paradox of Seclusion in Eighteenth-Century Cairo

Informationen zum Autor Mary Ann Fay is associate professor of history at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Her articles have appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Middle East Studies and the Journal of Women's History. She is the editor of Auto/Biography and the Creation of Identity and Community in the Middle East. Klappentext A history of elite women who were concubines and wives of powerful slave-soldiers, known as Mamluks, who dominated Egypt both politically and militarily in the eighteenth century. Zusammenfassung A history of elite women who were concubines and wives of powerful slave-soldiers! known as Mamluks! who dominated Egypt both politically and militarily in the eighteenth century.

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• Authors: Mary Fay, Mary Ann Fay
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9780815632931
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3293-1
• No. of pages: 331
• Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dom; Middle East Studies Beyond Dom; Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous