Policing Egyptian Women delineates the intricate manner in which the modern state in Egypt monitored, controlled, and ‘policed’ the bodies of subaltern women. Some of these women were runaway slaves, others were deflowered outside of marriage, and still others were prostitutes. Kozma traces the effects of nineteenth-century developments such as the expansion of cities, the abolition of the slave trade, the formation of a new legal system, and the development of a new forensic medical expertise on these women who lived at the margins of society.
About the author
Liat Kozma is a lecturer at the Hebrew University. Her articles and research interests focus on women and sexuality in the modern Middle East. She has published articles in the International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and the Journal of North African Studies.
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