Family in the Middle East : ideational change in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia /
This book examines, in comparative perspective, the different ideals about family and society and how they have impacted on real family life across a number of countries in the Middle East.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2008.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction. Historical orientations to the study of family change : ideational forces considered / Kathryn M. Yount and Hoda Rashad
- pt. 2. Transnationalism, nationalism, and new family ideals. Familism and critical Arab family studies / Suad Joseph
- International feminism and the women's movement in Egypt, 1904-1923 : a reappraisal of categories and legacies / Mary Ann Fay
- From birth control to family planning : population, gender, and the politics of reproduction in Egypt / Laura Bier
- Family law and family planning policy in pre- and post-revolutionary Iran / Homa Hoodfar
- From nationalism to feminism : family law in Tunisia / Mounira M. Charrad
- pt. 3. Continuity and change in daily family life. Why kin marriages? Rationales in rural Upper Egypt / Hania Sholkamy
- Social change and parent-adolescent dynamics in Egypt / Sahar el Tawila, Barbara Ibrahim, and Hind Wassef
- Women's family power and gender preference in Minya, Egypt / Kathryn M. Yount
- Divorce and the state of the family in modern century Egypt / Kenneth M. Cuno
- The family and social change in post-revolutionary Iran / Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Peter McDonald, and Meimanat Hossein-Chavoshi
- From sexual submission to voluntary commitment : the transformation of family ties in contemporary Tunisia / Lilia Labidi.
