Kinship, Islam, and the politics of marriage in Jordan : affection and mercy /
Hughes, Geoffrey
Kinship, Islam, and the politics of marriage in Jordan : affection and mercy / Geoffrey F. Hughes - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021 - (261 p.) - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa .
In Kinship, Islam, and the Politics of Marriage in Jordan, Geoffrey Hughes sets out to trace the marriage crisis in Jordan and the Middle East. Rapid institutional, technological, and intellectual shifts in Jordan have challenged the traditional notions of marriage and the role of powerful patrilineal kin groups in society by promoting an alternative ideal of romantic love between husband and wife.
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Kinship, Islam, and the politics of marriage in Jordan : affection and mercy / Geoffrey F. Hughes - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021 - (261 p.) - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa .
In Kinship, Islam, and the Politics of Marriage in Jordan, Geoffrey Hughes sets out to trace the marriage crisis in Jordan and the Middle East. Rapid institutional, technological, and intellectual shifts in Jordan have challenged the traditional notions of marriage and the role of powerful patrilineal kin groups in society by promoting an alternative ideal of romantic love between husband and wife.
9780253056443
306.8109565