American Ethnologist · 2012 · 131 citations · 2 references
CultureWomen's RightFeminist ResearchClass ConflictGender StudiesFeminist PerspectiveSocial SciencesFeminist Political TheoryMiddle Eastern StudiesPolitical TransformationSocial ChangeLanguage StudiesFeminist IdentityFeminist TheoryIconic Male RevolutionaryEgyptian RevolutionModernity
ABSTRACT In this commentary, I challenge assumptions about political transformation by contrasting women's experiences at home during the Egyptian revolution with the image of the iconic male revolutionary in Tahrir Square. I call attention to the way that revolution is experienced and undertaken in domestic spaces, through different forms of affect, in ways deeply inflected by gender and class. [ Egypt, revolution, gender, class, space, affect, generation ]
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