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Childhood and Colonial Modernity in Egypt

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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Zusatztext "This work situates children's lives and agency within the local frame of Egypt and in so doing contributes to a growing body of work on 'non-western childhoods.' ? this is a pioneering work on a highly important and much-neglected topic. No doubt Childhood and Colonial Modernity in Egypt will pave the way for what may very well blossom into a new school for childhood studies in Egypt and the wider region of the Middle East and North Africa." (Linda Herrera! The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth! Vol.10 (1)! 2017) Informationen zum Autor Heidi Morrison is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, USA. She is the editor of The Global History of Childhood Reader (2012). Klappentext This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt. Zusammenfassung This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender! class! and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political! social! and cultural developments in Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Reforming Childhood in the Context of Colonialism2. Nation-Building and the Redefinition of the Child3. Child-Rearing and Class4. Girls and the Building of Modern Egypt5. Constructing National Identity through Autobiographical MemoryConclusionBibliography

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"This work situates children's lives and agency within the local frame of Egypt and in so doing contributes to a growing body of work on 'non-western childhoods.' ... this is a pioneering work on a highly important and much-neglected topic. No doubt Childhood and Colonial Modernity in Egypt will pave the way for what may very well blossom into a new school for childhood studies in Egypt and the wider region of the Middle East and North Africa." (Linda Herrera, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Vol.10 (1), 2017)

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