Domestic ecologies of gender: Women, material life, and eco-folklore in Saudi proverbs
Ali M. Alshhre, Miquel Vall-llosera Camps, Miquel Vall-llosera Camps, Miquel Vall-llosera Camps · 2026
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Ali Alshhre and Miquel Vall-llosera Camps read Saudi proverbs about women through an ecological lens in this 2026 article. Proverbs still carry weight in daily Saudi life even as reforms expand women's public roles, and the authors ask how sayings tie womanhood to the home's material world.
Working with 60 proverbs from national encyclopedia archives, they trace how bread and heat stand for motherly care. Cooking pots stand for duty, and pests stand for moral taint, while kohl and henna police reputation. Praise for devotion often hides unequal labour, they argue, and warnings about scarcity discipline women's movement and freedom. The sayings act as tiny archives of household rule.
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| CREATOR | Ali M. Alshhre, Miquel Vall-llosera Camps, Miquel Vall-llosera Camps, Miquel Vall-llosera Camps |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 87459 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |