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CONSUMING DESIRES
CONSUMING DESIRES
Subtitle:
Family Crisis and the State in the Middle East
Book Category:
Family & Relationships > Marriage
Author:
Frances S. Hasso
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780804761550
Price:
USD 70.00
Publication Year:
2010
Alternative Binding:
Paperback
Alternative ISBN 13:
9780804761567
Alternative Price:
USD 24.95

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Stanford University Press,
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California - 94304-1124,
USA
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Book Description

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.

 

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