Consuming Desires : Family Crisis and the State in the Middle East.

Consuming Desires examines new forms of marriage emerging in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in reaction, in part, to the governments' increasing attempts to control sexuality with shari'a law.

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Author / Creator: Hasso, Frances.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2010.
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Summary:Consuming Desires examines new forms of marriage emerging in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in reaction, in part, to the governments' increasing attempts to control sexuality with shari'a law.
Consuming Desires examines new forms of marriage emerging in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in reaction, in part, to the governments' increasing attempts to control sexuality with shari'a law.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (271 pages)
ISBN:9780804776400
Author Notes: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)