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This original and historically rich book examines the influence of gender in shaping the Egyptian nation from the nineteenth century through the revolution of 1919 and into the 1940s. In Egypt as a Woman, Beth Baron divides her narrative into two strands: the first analyzes the gendered language and images of the nation, and the second considers the political activities of women nationalists. She shows that, even though women were largely excluded from participation in the state, the visual imagery of nationalism was replete with female figures. Baron juxtaposes the idealization of the family and the feminine in nationalist rhetoric with transformations in elite households and the work of women activists striving for national independence.Combining several currents of scholarship, including debates on nationalism, writings on collective memory, and conceptualizations of women's political culture, Egypt as a Woman captures the ways in which women nationalists inspired, crafted, and adapted nationalist metaphors and symbols. Baron charts how the women of March 1919 became symbols of the revolution, Safiyya Zaghlul emerged as a national icon, women activists deployed a maternal rhetor

Who reads Egypt As a Woman : Nationalism, Gender, and Politics?

Author

Beth Baron; American Council of Learned Societies

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781282360273

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science

Rating

3 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24