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Department
Cairo Papers in Social Science
Program
Cairo Papers in Social Science
Abstract
This volume represents revised versions of a collection of papers presented at Cairo Papers Ninth Annual Symposium on ''The New Arab Family,'' held in May 2000. Marriage, divorce, and related topics were center stage, particularly in the demographic papers. Another focus was to combine two very different approaches to the study of the family -- on the one hand demographic, and on the other broadly sociological or anthropological, or as some would say, psychodynamic, that is to say focusing on dyadic or multi-member networks of relationships within the family. Some of these papers in turn focused on ''agency,'' the ways in which individual action fit into cultural and social frames. The research covers most of the Arab world, though with a focus on Egypt. In addition to general papers relying on demographic data from different parts of the Arab world, the volume includes case studies from Tunisia, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.
Publication Date
2001
Document Type
Book Chapter
Book Title
The New Arab Family
Editors
Nicholas S. Hopkins
ISBN
9774247639
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
City
Cairo
First Page
201
Last Page
213
Series
Cairo Papers in Social Science 24(1/2)
Keywords
Arab family, marriage, Egypt, rural egypt, upper egypt, absent father, social change
Disciplines
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Sociology
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APA Citation
Abdalla, J.
(2001).The Absent Father. American University in Cairo Press. , 201-213
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/1110
MLA Citation
Abdalla, Josette
The Absent Father. American University in Cairo Press, 2001.pp. 201-213
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/1110
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