WOMEN IN CITY OF THE DEADThe 'City of the Dead' is a vast and ancient cemetery close to center of Cairo which has gradually become a permanent home for thousands of migrants from the countryside. For many of the women, though still living in poverty, migration has brought a change of role. The demands of men are still the determinant force, but the women, in their new non traditional setting, have much greater control over their own lives, as the exclusively female gatherins
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The 'City of the Dead' is a vast and ancient cemetery close to center of Cairo which has gradually become a permanent home for thousands of migrants from the countryside. For many of the women, though still living in poverty, migration has brought a change of role. The demands of men are still the determinant force, but the women, in their new non-traditional setting, have much greater control over their own lives, as the exclusively female gatherins which form the setting for this book clearly show.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR HELEN WATSON, a Fellow in Anthropology at St. John's College, Cambridge, has spent long periods inside this world, where autobiographical narration and fictional story-telling are routine social pastimes. She transcribes the stories and introduces the tellers and their society.