Kenneth M Cuno: 1 book
Modernizing Marriage
Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
In 1910, when Khedive Abbas II married a second wife surreptitiously, the contrast with his openly polygamous grandfather, Ismail, whose multiple wives and concubines signified his grandeur and masculinity, could not have been greater. That contrast reflected the spread of new ideals of family life...
