Sex Work in Colonial Egypt: Women, Modernity and the Global Economy
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Sex Work in Colonial Egypt: Women, Modernity and the Global Economy
Sex Work in Colonial Egypt: Women, Modernity and the Global Economy

Sex Work in Colonial Egypt: Women, Modernity and the Global Economy

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Francesca Biancani (Author)  

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In the early 20th century Cairo was a vibrant and booming global metropolis. The integration of Egypt into the global market had led to rapid urban growth and increased migration. As occupational prospects for women outside the family were limited, sex work became a prominent feature of the new modern city. However, the economic and social changes in Egypt ignited national anxieties about racial degeneration, social disorder and imperial decadence. Francesca Biancani argues here that this was a period of national crisis that became inscribed on the bodies on female sex workers. Based on a wide range of rare primary sources, including documents from court cases, reformist papers, police minutes and letters, Biancani examines the discourses around sex workers and shows how prostitution was understood in colonial Egypt. The book argues that from initially regulating and managing prostitution, local and colonial elites began to depict sex workers as a threat to the physical and moral welfare of the rising Egyptian nation. However, far from being a marginal activity, prostitution is shown to play a central role in the history of Egyptian nation-making. By exploring the interdependence of power and marginality, respectability and transgression, Biancani writes sex work and its practitioners back into the history of modern Egypt. The book is an original contribution to the global history of prostitution and a vital resource for scholars of Middle East Studies. 6 black and white illustrations
Francesca Biancani is Adjunct Professor in History and Institutions of the Modern Middle East at the Department of Politics and Political Science, University of Bologna. She is also Postdoctoral Fellow at the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Middle Eastern Studies Center at the American University of Cairo and has contributed to various peer-reviewed edited books and journals. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.
  • Contributor: Francesca Biancani
  • Imprint: I.B. Tauris
  • ISBN13: 9781788311038
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
  • Packaged Weight: 434
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Release Date: 2018-07-30
  • Series: Library of Middle East History
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Francesca Biancani is Adjunct Professor in History and Institutions of the Modern Middle East at the Department of Politics and Political Science, University of Bologna. She is also Postdoctoral Fellow at the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Middle Eastern Studies Center at the American University of Cairo and has contributed to various peer-reviewed edited books and journals. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.

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