Family in the Middle East

Explores, from a historical comparative perspective, the globalization of dominant myths of ‘modern’ family and society, and their effects on families in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia uniquely contributing to sociological debates about globalization. <p><strong>Part 1: Introduction - Family Life and Ideational Change in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia</strong> <em>Kathryn M. Yount, and Rashad Hoda </em> <strong>Part 2: Transnationalism, Nationalism, and New Family Ideals</strong> 1. Familism and Critical Arab Family Studies <em>Joseph Suad </em> 2. International Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Egypt, 1904-1923: A Reappraisal of Categories and Legacies <em>Mary Ann Fay</em> 3. From Birth Control to Family Planning: Population, Gender, and the Politics of Reproduction in Egypt <em>Laura Bier</em> 4. Family Law and Family Planning Policy in Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Iran <em>Homa Hoodfar </em>5. Family Law and Ideological Debates in Post-Colonial Tunisia <em>Mounira Maya</em> <em>Charrad </em><strong>Part 3: Continuity and Change in Daily Family Life</strong> 6. Rationales for Kin Marriages in Rural Upper Egypt <em>Hania Sholkamy</em> 7. Social Change and Parent-Adolescent Dynamics in Egypt <em>Sahar El Tawila,</em> <em>Barbara Ibrahim and Hind Wassef</em> 8. Reprint: Family Power and Gender Preference in Minya, Egypt <em>Kathryn M. Yount</em> 9. Divorce and the Fate of the Family in Modern Century Egypt <em>Kenneth Cuno</em> 10. The Family and Social Change in Post-Revolutionary Iran <em>Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal, Peter McDonald and Meimanat Hossein-Chavoshi</em> 11. From Sexual Submission to Voluntary Commitment: The Transformation of Family Ties in Contemporary Tunisia <em>Lilia Labidi</em> <strong>Part 4: Concluding Remarks - Family Life and Ideational Change in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia - Reconsidered</strong> <em>Hoda Rashad and Kathryn M. Yount</em> </p>