Family in the Middle East ideational change in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia /

Family in the Middle East ideational change in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia / [Texte imprimé] : edited by Kathryn M. Yount and Hoda Rashad - London ; New York : Routledge, 2008 - 1 vol. (XV-269 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm - Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 15 . - Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies (Routledge, London) ; 15 .

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Historical orientations to the study of family change : ideational forces considered / Familism and critical Arab family studies / International feminism and the women's movement in Egypt, 1904-1923 : a reappraisal of categories and legacies / From birth control to family planning : population, gender, and the politics of reproduction in Egypt / Family law and family planning policy in pre- and post-revolutionary Iran / From nationalism to feminism : family law in Tunisia / Why kin marriages? Rationales in rural Upper Egypt / Social change and parent-adolescent dynamics in Egypt / Women's family power and gender preference in Minya, Egypt / Divorce and the state of the family in modern century Egypt / The family and social change in post-revolutionary Iran / From sexual submission to voluntary commitment : the transformation of family ties in contemporary Tunisia / Kathryn M. Yount and Hoda Rashad -- Suad Joseph -- Mary Ann Fay -- Laura Bier -- Homa Hoodfar -- Mounira M. Charrad -- Hania Sholkamy -- Sahar el Tawila, Barbara Ibrahim, and Hind Wassef -- Kathryn M. Yount -- Kenneth M. Cuno -- Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Peter McDonald, and Meimanat Hossein-Chavoshi -- Lilia Labidi pt. 1. Introduction. pt. 2. Transnationalism, nationalism, and new family ideals. pt. 3. Continuity and change in daily family life.

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