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DESCRIPTION:Farha Ghannam on "Visibly\nIn-between: \n\nClass\,\nGender\, an
 d Taste in Urban Egypt"Farha Ghannam\,Professor\nof Anthropology\, Swarthm
 ore CollegeDrawing\non ethnographic research in a low-income neighborhood 
 in Cairo and informed by\nthe work of Pierre Bourdieu\, feminist studies\,
  and theories of new materialism\,\nthis paper looks at the shifting taste
 s of social groups who occupy unstable\nand uncertain positions in the soc
 ial space. It draws attention to a fragment\nof the Egyptian working class
 \, who are able to accumulate more material and\ncultural forms of capital
  than their neighbors but not enough to securely join\nthe middle class. T
 he discussion looks at some of the ways class is enacted and\nvisibly mani
 fested in daily life and shows the central role of women in\nmaterializing
  the socio-economic status of their families through the ways they\nprepar
 e food\, maintain their homes\, and take care of their children and their 
 education.Open to the public. Sponsored\nby the Maxwell African Scholars U
 nion and Middle Eastern Studies Program at the Moynihan Institute of Globa
 l Affairs&nbsp\;  
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SUMMARY:MASU presents: Farha Ghannam
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Farha Ghannam on "Visibly\nIn-bet
 ween: \n\nClass\,\nGender\, and Taste in Urban Egypt"</b></p><p><b>Farha G
 hannam\,</b><i>Professor\nof Anthropology\, Swarthmore College</i></p><p>D
 rawing\non ethnographic research in a low-income neighborhood in Cairo and
  informed by\nthe work of Pierre Bourdieu\, feminist studies\, and theorie
 s of new materialism\,\nthis paper looks at the shifting tastes of social 
 groups who occupy unstable\nand uncertain positions in the social space. I
 t draws attention to a fragment\nof the Egyptian working class\, who are a
 ble to accumulate more material and\ncultural forms of capital than their 
 neighbors but not enough to securely join\nthe middle class. The discussio
 n looks at some of the ways class is enacted and\nvisibly manifested in da
 ily life and shows the central role of women in\nmaterializing the socio-e
 conomic status of their families through the ways they\nprepare food\, mai
 ntain their homes\, and take care of their children and their education.</
 p><p>Open to the public. </p><b><i>Sponsored\nby the Maxwell African Schol
 ars Union and Middle Eastern Studies Program at the Moynihan Institute of 
 Global Affairs&nbsp\;</i></b><p> </p><p> </p><p></p>
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