A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman.
- Genre: Social Science, History
- Subgenre: Middle East / General, Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies / General
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Pages: 346
- Edition: Reissue
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: June 1, 1969
- Date Published: June 1, 1969
- Author: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea