{"product_id":"defiance-and-compliance-heba-el-kholy-9781571813916","title":"Defiance and Compliance: Negotiating Gender in Low-Income Cairo","description":"\u003cp\u003e The gap between rich and poor is widening in most countries, putting more pressure on women in particular who often find themselves with the ultimate responsibility to provide for their families, especially their children, in the face of economic and political discrimination. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews in four low-income neighborhoods in Cairo, this book offers rich, novel and intimate data relating to poor women's lives and everyday forms of resistance to gender inequalities in the labor market and at home. In contrast to the common stereotype of Middle Eastern women as totally oppressed and devoid of agency, this study shows the complex and diverse ways in which low-income women devise strategies to contest existing gender arrangements and improve their situation. It is a significant contribution to current debates about poverty, gender, power, and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heba El-Kholy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571813918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571813916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Heba El-Kholy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906827014399,"sku":"9781571813916","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a63898a2-6ba5-4d00-bcb5-c2c3e1328d47.jpg?v=1748771518","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/defiance-and-compliance-heba-el-kholy-9781571813916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}