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- Title
Who Advocates for Egypt? Women Lawyers in Egyptian Film on the Eve of Independence.
- Authors
Mahmoud, Rania
- Abstract
This article examines two Egyptian films, Al Avocato Madiha (Advocate Madiha) (1950) and Al Ustadha Fatima (Professor Fatima) (1952), as covertly supportive of women's professionalisation. Appearing at a turning point in Egyptian history, they anticipate post‐1952 Revolution debates on how best to integrate women in public life. Their ambivalence is reflected in their fluctuation between upholding a patriarchal modernity, with its vision of male and female professions, and constructing an egalitarian modernity where women's contribution to nation‐building is not limited to maternal roles. These films strive to decentre the modern family ideal as the primary paradigm of a healthy nation.
- Subjects
AL Avocato Madiha (Film); AL Ustadha Fatima (Film); WOMEN in the professions; WOMEN in motion pictures; EGYPT in motion pictures; NATIONALISM in motion pictures
- Publication
Gender & History, 2021, Vol 33, Issue 1, p192
- ISSN
0953-5233
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism
- DOI
10.1111/1468-0424.12501