{"product_id":"for-better-for-worse-the-marriage-crisis-that-made-modern-egypt-paperback-softback-9780804769600","title":"For Better, for Worse; The Marriage Crisis That Made Modern Egypt (Paperback \/ softback) 9780804769600","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFor Better, for Worse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Marriage Crisis That Made Modern Egypt\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHanan Kholoussy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804769600\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, 4 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.1 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[T]his book has opened up a new area of research and raised provocative questions about early twentieth-century Egyptian family history that complements the existing scholarship on the women's movement and women's writing.\"—Kenneth M. Cuno, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eFor Better, For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e is an enjoyable and enlightening read that expands our historical knowledge of the Muslim world. It is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate courses in gender studies, sociology, political science, and beyond.\"—Cawo Abdi, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e \"Exploring the marriage crisis in early 20th century Egypt, Kholoussy contributes a richly documented and original study that engages vital debates on the construction of nationalism and gender. Written with attention to both the telling details and the big picture, the book also makes an important contribution to our understanding of how a unique Egyptian modernity was being fashioned on the ground in a colonial context. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the making of modern Egypt as a society and a state.\"—Judith E. Tucker, Georgetown University \"This is a book that matters not just to those interested in the Middle East but to all interested in the history of marriage, of gender, and of modernization. Kholoussy's extraordinary research provides the basis for a vivid story of unexpected conflict and resourcefulness, and of pressure for modernization that comes not from Europe but from Egyptians themselves.\"—Linda Gordon, New York University \"Kholoussy joins together Arabic press accounts and Islamic court documents in union to present a portrait of marriage and its discontents in modern Egypt. Demonstrating that bachelors—not single women—stoked the anxiety of Egyptians, she persuasively connects the marriage crisis to concerns about national independence. \u003ci\u003eFor Better, For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e establishes marriage as an engaging topic of historical inquiry. A blissful read.\"—Beth Baron, The City University of New York\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many Egyptians in the early twentieth century, the biggest national problem was not British domination or the Great Depression but a \"marriage crisis\" heralded in the press as a devastating rise in the number of middle-class men refraining from marriage. Voicing anxieties over a presumed increase in bachelorhood, Egyptians also used the failings of Egyptian marriage to criticize British rule, unemployment, the disintegration of female seclusion, the influx of women into schools, middle-class materialism, and Islamic laws they deemed incompatible with modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Better, For Worse\u003c\/i\u003e explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns. Delving into the vastly different portrayals and practices of marriage in both the press and the Islamic court records, this innovative look at how Egyptians understood marital and civil rights and duties during the early twentieth century offers fresh insights into ongoing debates about nationalism, colonialism, gender, and the family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52548880990488,"sku":"9780804769600","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/for-better-for-worse-the-marriage-crisis-that-made-modern-egypt-paperback-softback-9780804769600","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}