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Author: Yafa Shanneik ,
Annelies Moors ,
Annelies Moors ,
Yafa Shanneik
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.004kg
ISBN: 9781978818477
ISBN 10: 1978818475
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 October 2021
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages is a fascinating addition to the emerging literature on marriage and sexuality in the Muslim world. Young people engage in 'dating cultures' facilitated by mobile phones, young women are reluctant to live with in-laws, and there is a growing desire for love-based marriages. While the authority of the older generation has been diminished, the move towards more companionate marriages in every Shi'a community still involves family negotiations over choice of partner, marital gifts, and wedding expenses. --Janet Afary series co-editor, Sex, Marriage, and Family in the Middle East (Bloomsbury Press) In this pioneering book, Shanneik and Moors have deftly amended the dearth of scholarly books on Shi'i cultures and traditions. The ethnographically diverse chapters brought together in this collected volume on the Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages engage with local practices as they are embedded within the wider contexts of migration, diaspora and transnationalism. It is a very timely and accessible book, and I highly recommend it. --Shahla Haeri author of The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender
"""Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages is a fascinating addition to the emerging literature on marriage and sexuality in the Muslim world. Young people engage in 'dating cultures' facilitated by mobile phones, young women are reluctant to live with in-laws, and there is a growing desire for love-based marriages. While the authority of the older generation has been diminished, the move towards more companionate marriages in every Shi'a community still involves family negotiations over choice of partner, marital gifts, and wedding expenses.""--Janet Afary ""co-editor of Iranian Romance in the Digital Age: From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage"" ""In this pioneering book, Shanneik and Moors have deftly amended the dearth of scholarly books on Shi'i cultures and traditions. The ethnographically diverse chapters brought together in this collected volume on the Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages engage with local practices as they are embedded within the wider contexts of migration, diaspora and transnationalism. It is a very timely and accessible book, and I highly recommend it.""--Shahla Haeri ""author of The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender"""
Author Information
YAFA SHANNEIK is a lecturer in Islamic studies at the University of Birmingham in the UK. ANNELIES MOORS is an anthropologist and professor emerita at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
