Love in the Middle East: The contradictions of romance in the Facebook World
Romantic love is a social fact in the Muslim world. It is also a gender politics impinging on religious and patriarchal understandings of female modesty and agency. This paper analyzes the rise of love as a basis of mate selection in a number of Muslim-majority countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Pakis...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 229-258 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Near East
/ Islam
/ Young adult
/ Adult (18-30 Jahre)
/ New media
/ Romantic love
/ Mate selection
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Romantic love B Gender B Hijab B intimate behavior |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |