Consuming desires : family crisis and the state in the Middle East / Frances S. Hasso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasso, Frances Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--Egypt.

Marriage.

Marriage--United Arab Emirates.

Man-woman relationships--Egypt.

Man-woman relationships.

Man-woman relationships--United Arab Emirates.

Family policy--Egypt.

Family policy.

Family policy--United Arab Emirates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.

Stanford, CA Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Frances S. Hasso is Associate Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College and Visiting Associate Professor at Duke University. She is the author of Resistance, Repression, and Gender Politics in Occupied Palestine and Jordan (2005)

Summary:

Over the course of the twentieth century, most Middle East states adopted a shari'a-based system for recognizing marriages. Partly in reaction to these dynamics, new types of marriage that evade the control of the state and religious authorities have emerged. These marriages allow for men and women to engage in sexual relationships, but do not require that they register the marriage with the state, that they live together, or that the man be financially responsible for the wife or household. In Consuming Desires, Frances Hasso explores the extent to which these new relationship forms are used and to what ends, as well as the legal and cultural responses to such innovations. She outlines what is at stake for the various groups—the state, religious leaders, opposition groups, young people, men and women of different classes and locations, and feminist organizations—in arguments for and against these relationship forms.

Contents:

Legal governmentality and the national family

National families in "crisis"

Transnational "invasions" and emerging selves and desires

Improving the national family.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed November 07 2025)

ISBN:

9780804776400

0804776407

OCLC:

714569454

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access