Childhood and Colonial Modernity in Egypt.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (189 pages)
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood Series .
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood Series .
This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt.