The New Arab Family

by HOPKINS NICHOLAS S. (ED)

• ISBN13: 9789774247637
• ISBN10: 9774247639
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr

Summary

This volume represents revised versions of a collection of papers presented at Cairo Papers Ninth Annual Symposium on ''The New Arab Family,'' held in May 2000. Marriage, divorce, and related topics were center stage, particularly in the demographic papers. Another focus was to combine two very different approaches to the study of the family -- on the one hand demographic, and on the other broadly sociological or anthropological, or as some would say, psychodynamic, that is to say focusing on dyadic or multi-member networks of relationships within the family. Some of these papers in turn focused on ''agency,'' the ways in which individual action fit into cultural and social frames. The research covers most of the Arab world, though with a focus on Egypt. In addition to general papers relying on demographic data from different parts of the Arab world, the volume includes case studies from Tunisia, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The New Arab Family	1	(4)
Nicholas S. Hopkins
Frameworks for Studying Families in the 21st Century	5	(15)
Carol B. Stack
Nuptiality in Arab Countries: Changes and Implications	20	(31)
Hoda Rashad
Magued Osman
Age-Discrepant Marriages in Egypt	51	(11)
Magued I. Osman
Laila S. Shahd
Rationales for Kin Marriages in Rural Upper Egypt	62	(18)
Hania Sholkamy
The Costs of Marriage in Egypt: A Hidden Dimension in the New Arab Demography	80	(37)
Diane Singerman
Barbara Ibrahim
From Sexual Submission to Voluntary Commitment: The Transformation of Familyties in Contemporary Tunisia	117	(23)
Lilia Labidi
Families and Households: Headship and Co-Residence	140	(25)
Zeinab Khedr
Laila El Zeini
Among Brothers: Patriarchal Connectivity and Brotherly Deference in Lebanon	165	(15)
Suad Joseph
Sisterhood and Stewardship in Sister-Brother Relations in Saudi Arabia	180	(21)
Soraya Altorki
The Absent Father	201	(13)
Josette Abdalla
Social Change and Parent-Adolescent Dynamics in Egypt	214	(33)
Sahar El Tawila
Barbara Ibrahim
Hind Wassef
Terminating Marriage	247	(27)
Philippe Fargues
About the Contributors	274