Love, sex, and desire in modern Egypt: navigating the margins of respectability

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Foreigners Like Things Looking Old and Dark, Not Shiny -- 2. Mimesis, Kinship, Gift, and Other Things That Bind Us in Love and Desire -- 3. "Why Can't You Study Respectable Women?" -- 4. Mimesis, Genre, Gender, and Sexuality in Middle East Tourism -- 5. Demimonde: Belly Dancers, Extramarital Affairs, and the Respectability of Women -- 6. Gift, Prostitute: Money and Intimacy -- 7. "Honor Killing": On Anthropological Writing in an International Political Economy of Representations -- 8. Kinship, Honor, and Shame -- 9. Love, Revolution, and Intimate Violence -- Epilogue. Fifteen Years Later -- Notes -- References -- Index

Foreigners like things looking old and dark, not shiny -- Mimesis, kinship, gift, and other things that bind us in love and desire -- "Why can't you study respectable women?" -- Mimesis, genre, gender, and sexuality in Middle East tourism -- Demimonde : belly dancers, extramarital affairs, and the respectability of women -- Gift, prostitute: money and intimacy -- "Honor killing" : on anthropological writing in an international political economy of representations -- Kinship, honor, and shame -- Love, revolution, and intimate violence -- Epilogue. Fifteen years later.