Sex Work in Colonial Egypt by Biancani;, Francesca -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction The Making of Modern Prostitution in Egypt

Scope of the Study and Theoretical Influences Sex Work Regulation between Empire and Nation Leaving Women Aside? Structure of the Book

1. Selling Sex in a Changing City

Urban Transformation Women and Labour Migration

2. The Geography of Sex Work

Zoning Conclusion

3. Regulating Prostitution in Colonial Cairo

Labelling Counting Medicalising Confinement Racialisation and the Colonial Order Conclusion

4. Sex Work Beyond Prostitution

‘Let down the curtain around us’: The Kharakhanah Disguised Prostitution, Nightlife and Legal Loopholes Clandestine Sex Work Pimps Subalternity, Sex Work and Agency Conclusion

5. Imperial War, Venereal Disease and Sex Work

Men in Town The Battle of the Wass‘ah Martial Men, Venereal Women The 1916 Purification The Debate about Prophylaxis Imperial Troops and Brothels Conclusion

6. Policing ‘Suspect’ Femininities: The Work of British Purity Movements in Cairo

The ‘Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon’: Brief History of a Moral Panic Social Purity in Egypt: The IBS Committee Beyt ‘Arabi Competing Approaches: The AMSH Egyptian Feminism and the Struggle against Prostitution Conclusion

7. Abolitionism on the Political Agenda

Nationalism and the Rise of an Imagined Egyptian Nation in the Press Gender and Danger in Cairo ‘When Virtue Screams’: The ‘Fight against Prostitution’ The Making of a ‘National Villain’: Ibrahim al Gharbi Bringing in Abolitionism Paternalist Humanitarianism and the Repeal of Licensed Prostitution Conclusion

Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography