Arab Society and Culture

, by Khalaf, Samir

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ISBN: 9780863566165 | 0863566162
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/2010

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Essential reading for Middle Eastern studies students and anyone interested in Middle Eastern literature and culture.

Note from the Editors
Promises of the Sociological and Literary Imagination	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
My Father's Suitcase	p. 16
The Promise	p. 25
From The Native's Point Of View: On The Nature of Anthropological Understanding	p. 31
Three Malaises	p. 42
What I Have Lived For	p. 47
Cultural Variations in Everyday Life	p. 49
Introduction	p. 51
Hüzün	p. 55
The Veil Becomes a Movement	p. 61
Women's Community Service In Beirut	p. 73
Growing Up in Morocco	p. 77
Negotiating Identities in Dissonant Worlds	p. 87
Introduction	p. 89
Between Worlds	p. 94
Damaged Identities and Violence	p. 104
Living Between Worlds	p. 110
Maghrebi Youth: Between Alienation and Integration	p. 118
Saudi Identity: Negotiating Between Tradition and Modernity	p. 129
Behavioral Departures and Alternative Lifestyles	p. 141
Introduction	p. 143
Circumcision of Girls In Egypt	p. 149
A Dishonorable Affair: Chastity and Honor Killing in Syria	p. 159
The Commercialization of Sexual Outlets in Lebanon	p. 167
Transition Beirut: Gay Identities, Lived Realities-The Balancing Act In The Middle East	p. 174
The Empowerment of Marginalized Groups	p. 187
Introduction	p. 189
On Roots And Routes: The Reassertion Of Primordial Loyalities	p. 192
Maroc-Hop: Music And Youth Identities	p. 208
Between Empowerment & Paternalism	p. 212
Gender Revisited	p. 217
Introduction	p. 219
Youth, Gender, and The State in Cairo: Marginalized Masculinities And Contested Spaces	p. 223
Consumption, Display, And Gender	p. 40
Missed Opportunities: Me And My Gender	p. 252
Shifting Family Patterns	p. 257
Introduction	p. 259
Marriage, Family, and Household in Cairo	p. 262
Brother-Sister Relationships: Connectivity, Love, and Power in the Reproduction of Patriarchy in Lebanon	p. 278
Wives Or Daughters: Structural Differences Between Urban and Bedouin Lebanese Co-wives	p. 293
Religion and Ritual	p. 309
Introduction	p. 311
Immigrant Children In Europe: Constructing a Transnational Identity	p. 314
Karbala as Sacred Space among North American Shi'a	p. 322
Piety, Privilege and Egyptian Youth	p. 331
The Construction of Space: Local And Global Identities	p. 335
Introduction	p. 337
Al-Dahiyya: Sight, Sound, Season	p. 343
Re-Imagining The Global: Relocation And Local Identities in Cairo	p. 355
The Bourj as a Cosmopolitan Public Sphere	p. 368
"This Is A Muslim Home": Signs of Difference in The African-American Row House	p. 380
Eroticism, Desire and Sexual Identity	p. 387
Introduction	p. 389
Variations on Eroticism: Misogyny, Mysticism and Mujun	p. 395
Narration and Desire: Shahrazâd	p. 408
Worlds Apart: Sexual Life for Women and Men in Iraq, Attitudes Towards Sex	p. 417
Breaking The Silence: What AUB Students Really Think About Sex	p. 428
Beyond Expectations: The New Media in The Arab World	p. 447
Introduction	p. 449
Mass Media in the Middle East: Patterns of Political & Societal Change	p. 452
The Arabic Satellite News Network: Al-Jazeera	p. 462
The Music Video and Muslim Piety: Satellite Television and Islamic Pop Culture In Egypt	p. 469
Focus on Transnational Islam	p. 475
Introduction	p. 477
To Be a European Muslim	p. 483
Muslim Migrants in Europe: Between Euro-Islam and Ghettoization	p. 494
Travelling Islam: Mosques without Minarets	p. 508
Sexuality and the Politics of the Veil	p. 522
Contributors	p. 535
Index	p. 541
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