Titre
Reinventin Love? Gender, Intimacy and Romance in the Arab World
Type
études diverses
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Auteur(s)
Maffi, Irene
Auteure/Auteur
Fortier, Corinne
Auteure/Auteur
Kreil, Aymon
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
Maison d’édition
Peter Lang
Lieu d’édition
Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford
ISBN
978-3-0343-2778-7
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2018
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Affective and sexual intimacy are sensitive issues in the Arab World. However moments of closeness between men and women have always been possible, perhaps even more so today, thanks to the spread of mixed-gender social spaces and new communication technologies. Further, while undeniably embedded in gendered relations of power, love is a highly ambivalent field of experience that involves a good deal of negotiation between partners and with family and can stand in tense relationship to ideals of patriarchal domination. Often, however, romantic love is contrasted with love after marriage. This book precisely explores the relationship between love and marriage in the contemporary Arab world. By sketching the paths of amorous encounters in the Arab world, it introduces the reader to the conflicting configurations that shape love practices, providing new insights into a still-emerging field of inquiry. It examines notions of gender, intimacy and love through ethnographic case studies that offer an insight into current dynamics in Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.
Sujets
PID Serval
serval:BIB_7DBCDD1CD876
Date de création
2018-12-06T13:52:41.895Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-21T03:19:31Z