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- Autorius: Enaya Hammad Othman
- Leidėjas: Syracuse University Press
- ISBN-10: 0815611943
- ISBN-13: 9780815611943
- Formatas: 14.7 x 21.8 x 2.5 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
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In Crafting Marriages: Palestinian American Women Transforming Gender Boundaries, Enaya Othman draws on three decades of ethnographic research to chart how Palestinian women have reimagined and reshaped marriage practices across generations. Through careful analysis of over sixty personal narratives, family documents, and marriage videos, Othman reveals how these women have become key agents of cultural change, negotiating between traditional expectations and contemporary possibilities. Her research demonstrates that rather than following a single pattern, Palestinian American marriages reflect complex interactions between religious identity, cultural heritage, and modern American life.
Othman's groundbreaking study shows how the rise of global Islamic revival movements since the 1970s have created new opportunities for Palestinian women to challenge traditional marriage customs. By emphasizing Islamic values over ethnic ties, younger generations are expanding the boundaries of acceptable marriage partners across racial, cultural, and national lines. This shift has profound implications for how we understand the intersection of gender, religion, and cultural identity in diaspora communities. By illuminating how Palestinian American women navigate between tradition and transformation, Crafting Marriages offers important insights into broader questions about gender, agency, and cultural change in transnational communities.
- Autorius: Enaya Hammad Othman
- Leidėjas: Syracuse University Press
- ISBN-10: 0815611943
- ISBN-13: 9780815611943
- Formatas: 14.7 x 21.8 x 2.5 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
In Crafting Marriages: Palestinian American Women Transforming Gender Boundaries, Enaya Othman draws on three decades of ethnographic research to chart how Palestinian women have reimagined and reshaped marriage practices across generations. Through careful analysis of over sixty personal narratives, family documents, and marriage videos, Othman reveals how these women have become key agents of cultural change, negotiating between traditional expectations and contemporary possibilities. Her research demonstrates that rather than following a single pattern, Palestinian American marriages reflect complex interactions between religious identity, cultural heritage, and modern American life.
Othman's groundbreaking study shows how the rise of global Islamic revival movements since the 1970s have created new opportunities for Palestinian women to challenge traditional marriage customs. By emphasizing Islamic values over ethnic ties, younger generations are expanding the boundaries of acceptable marriage partners across racial, cultural, and national lines. This shift has profound implications for how we understand the intersection of gender, religion, and cultural identity in diaspora communities. By illuminating how Palestinian American women navigate between tradition and transformation, Crafting Marriages offers important insights into broader questions about gender, agency, and cultural change in transnational communities.
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