Development, change, and gender in Cairo : a view from the household / edited by Diane Singerman and Homa Hoodfar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Household as Mediator: Political Economy, Development, and Gender in Contemporary Cairo / Diane Singerman and Homa Hoodfar -- 1. Survival Strategies and the Political Economy of Low-Income Households in Cairo / Homa Hoodfar -- 2. Transforming Women's Identity: The Intersection of Household and Workplace in Cairo / Arlene Elowe MacLeod -- 3. Egyptian Male Migration and Urban Families Left Behind: "Feminization of the Egyptian Family" or a Reaffirmation of Traditional Gender Roles? / Homa Hoodfar -- 4. What's the Use? The Household, Low-Income Women, and Literacy / K. R. Kamphoefner -- 5. The State, Urban Households, and Management of Daily Life: Food and Social Order in Cairo / Nadia Khouri-Dagher -- 6. Beyond Paradigms of Development: A Pragmatic Response to Housing Needs in Cairo's Inner City / Nawal Mahmoud Hassan -- 7. The Family and Community as Politics: The Popular Sector in Cairo / Diane Singerman.