Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages : : Religion, Gender, and Belonging / / ed. by Yafa Shanneik, Annelies Moors.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• MitwirkendeR: Asgarilaleh, Tara,; Berta, Péter,; Bøe, Marianne Hafnor,; Girard, Sophie Yvie,; Girard, Sophie-Yvie,; Hafnor, Marianne Bøe,; Hegland, Mary Elaine,; Moors, Annelies,; Nisa, Eva F.,; Nisa, Eva,; Safar, Jihan,; Shanneik, Yafa,; Walter, Anna-Maria,
• HerausgeberIn: Moors, Annelies,; Shanneik, Yafa,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (186 p.)

Muslim marriages have been the focus of considerable public debate in Europe and beyond, in Muslim-majority countries as well as in settings where Muslims are a minority. Most academic work has focused on how the majority Sunni Muslims conclude marriages. This volume, in contrast, focuses on Twelver Shi'a Muslims in Iran, Pakistan, Oman, Indonesia, Norway, and the Netherlands. The volume makes an original contribution to understanding the global dynamics of Shi'a marriage practices in a wide range of contexts--not only its geographical spread but also by providing a critical analysis of the socio-economic, religious, ethnic, and political discourses of each context. The book sheds light on new marriage forms presented through a bottom up approach focusing on the lived experiences of Shi'a Muslims negotiating a diverse range of relationships and forms of belonging.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Series Foreword -- Introduction -- PART ONE Gender and Generation: -- 1 Marriage Modifications in Aliabad: Social Change Overrides Clerical Directives -- 2 The New Marital Romance: How Bollywood, Islamic Doctrines, and Mobile Phones Dissect the Imperative of Spouse Evasion -- PART TWO Dower Practices: -- 3 The Dower (Mahr) and Wedding Ceremony among the Shiʿa of Oman: Religion, Class, and Ethnicity -- 4 Mahr Iranian Style in Norway: Negotiating Gender Equality and Religious and Cultural Belonging through Transnational Shiʿa Marriage Practices -- PART THREE Temporary Marriage: -- 5 Mutʿa Marriage among Youth in the Non-Shiʿi Environment of Indonesia -- 6 Between Love and Sex, Modernity and Archaism: Iranian Students’ Discourse in the Netherlands about Sigheh -- 7 “Laboratory Sigheh”: The (Dis)Entanglements of Temporary Marriage and Third-Party Donation in Iran -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Index