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The Resource Reinventing love? : gender, intimacy and romance in the Arab world, Corinne Fortier, Aymon Kreil, Irene Maffi (eds.)

Reinventing love? : gender, intimacy and romance in the Arab world, Corinne Fortier, Aymon Kreil, Irene Maffi (eds.)

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"Affective and sexual intimacy are sensitive issues in the Arab World. However moments of closeness between men and women have always been possible, perhaps even more so today, thanks to the spread of mixed-gender social spaces and new communication technologies. Further, while undeniably embedded in gendered relations of power, love is a highly ambivalent field of experience that involves a good deal of negotiation between partners and with family and can stand in tense relationship to patriarchal domination. Often, however, romantic love is contrasted with love after marriage. This book precisely explores the relationship between love and marriage in the contemporary Arab world. By sketching the paths of amorous encounters in the Arab world, it introduces the reader to the conflicting configurations that shape love practices, providing new insights into a still-emerging field of inquiry. It examines notions of gender, intimacy and love through ethnographic case studies that offer an insight into current dynamics in Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.--Page [4] of cover
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Reinventing love? : gender, intimacy and romance in the Arab world
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Reinventing love?
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gender, intimacy and romance in the Arab world
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Corinne Fortier, Aymon Kreil, Irene Maffi (eds.)
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"Affective and sexual intimacy are sensitive issues in the Arab World. However moments of closeness between men and women have always been possible, perhaps even more so today, thanks to the spread of mixed-gender social spaces and new communication technologies. Further, while undeniably embedded in gendered relations of power, love is a highly ambivalent field of experience that involves a good deal of negotiation between partners and with family and can stand in tense relationship to patriarchal domination. Often, however, romantic love is contrasted with love after marriage. This book precisely explores the relationship between love and marriage in the contemporary Arab world. By sketching the paths of amorous encounters in the Arab world, it introduces the reader to the conflicting configurations that shape love practices, providing new insights into a still-emerging field of inquiry. It examines notions of gender, intimacy and love through ethnographic case studies that offer an insight into current dynamics in Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.--Page [4] of cover
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  • Fortier, Corinne,
  • Kreil, Aymon,
  • Maffi, Irene,
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Middle East, social and cultural studies
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vol. 5
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  • Marriage
  • Love
  • Husband and wife
  • Domestic relations
  • Gender identity
  • Domestic relations
  • Gender identity
  • Husband and wife
  • Love
  • Marriage
  • Arab countries
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Reinventing love? : gender, intimacy and romance in the Arab world, Corinne Fortier, Aymon Kreil, Irene Maffi (eds.)
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Reinventing love? : gender, intimacy and romance in the Arab world, Corinne Fortier, Aymon Kreil, Irene Maffi (eds.)
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Copyright
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Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
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1076550641
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21 cm
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212 pages
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9783034327787
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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(OCoLC)1076550641

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