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Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender

Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender

Doumani, Beshara

Paperback

Series: Suny the Social and Economic History of the Middle East

General Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0791456803
ISBN13: 9780791456804
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Feb 27 2003
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

Challenges conventional assumptions about the family and the modern Middle East.

Despite the constant refrain that family is the most important social institution in Middle Eastern societies, only recently has it become the focus for rethinking the modern history of the Middle East. This book introduces exciting new findings by historians, anthropologists, and historical demographers that challenge pervasive assumptions about family made in the past. Using specific case studies based on original archival research and fieldwork, the contributors focus on the interplay between micro and macro processes of change and bridge the gap between materialist and discursive frameworks of analysis. They reveal the flexibility and dynamism of family life and show the complex juxtaposition of different rhythms of time (individual time, family time, historical time). These findings interface directly with and demonstrate the need for a critical reassessment of current debates on gender, modernity, and Islam.

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