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Policing Egyptian women : sex, law, and medicine in Khedival Egypt / Liat Kozma.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gender and globalizationPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxvii, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780815632818 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0815632819 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.48/89276209034 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1793 .K69 2011
Contents:
Egyptian legal reform -- Medicine, law, and the female body -- Female slaves, manumission, and abolition -- Prostitutes and other women of ill repute -- Virginity, honor, and premarital defloration.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Egyptian legal reform -- Medicine, law, and the female body -- Female slaves, manumission, and abolition -- Prostitutes and other women of ill repute -- Virginity, honor, and premarital defloration.

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