| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 614 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
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Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : family in the Arab region : state of scholarship / Suad Joseph -- North Africa -- Algeria / Marnia Lazreg -- Egypt / Nefissa Naguib -- Libya / Anna Baldinetti -- Morocco / Zakia Salime -- Somalia / Cawo Mohamed Abdi -- Sudan / Balghis Badri and Hwiada Abubaker -- Tunisia / Lamia Benyoussef -- Eastern Arab states -- Iraq / Nadje Al-Ali -- Jordan / Seteney Shami -- Lebanon / Zeina Zaatari -- Palestine / Islah Jad -- Syria / Dawn Chatty -- The Arab Gulf -- Kuwait / Ereny Zarif and Helen Rizzo -- Saudi Arabia / May Al-Dabbagh and Ghalia Gargani -- United Arab Emirates and Oman / Rima Sabban -- Qatar and Bahrain / Rima Sabban -- Yemen / Susanne Dahlgren -- Critical issues -- Acculturation paradigms to feminist intersectionality paradigms and Arab American families / Nadine Suleiman Naber -- Migration and transnational Arab families / Paul Tabar -- Arab families and Islamic law / Judith E. Tucker -- Education and Arab families / Fida Adely and Michael Hendrix -- Media and the Arab family / Linda Herrera -- Fertility, demography, and masculinities in Arab families / Marcia C. Inhorn -- War, violence, refugees, and Arab families : focus : Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine / Penny Johnson -- Conclusions : research on Arab families matters / Suad Joseph -- Bibliography on Arab families and youth. |
| Summary |
This review of the literature on Arab families captures the major theories, methods, and case studies carried out on Arab families over the past half to one century. The book offers a country by country critical assessment of the scholarship on Arab families. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Families -- Arab countries.
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Families. |
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Arab countries. |
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Families -- Research -- Arab countries.
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Families -- Research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Joseph, Suad, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Arab family studies. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018 9780815635598 (DLC) 2018011340 |
| ISBN |
9780815654247 (electronic book) |
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0815654243 (electronic book) |
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9780815635598 (hardcover) |
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