A Tale of Two Stories : : Customary Marriage and Paternity. A Discourse Analysis of a Scandal in Egypt / / Björn Bentlage.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Bentlage, Björn,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Islamkundliche Untersuchungen , 333
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Prologue --; Chapter One: Special Discourse - The Legal Story of Hind and Aḥmad --; Chapter Two: Interdiscourse - The Public Story of Aḥmad and Hind --; Chapter Three: Discourse Analysis - Perspectives on Legal Change and Development --; Conclusion --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783112209332; 9783110696288; 9783110696271; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704723; 9783110704549
• ISSN: 0939-1940
• DOI: 10.1515/9783112209332
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Björn Bentlage.

This book inves­ti­gates an Egyp­tian scandal about paternity and marriage in the years 2004 to 2007. It asks about legal change in Egyp­tian family law and Islamic juri­s­pru­dence while also inqui­ring into the effects of media coverage. The study draws from a variety of sources, inclu­ding news­paper arti­cles, court rulings, univer­sity text­books, fatwas, etc. The resul­ting presen­ta­tion tells two diffe­ring stories about the affair of Hind al-Ḥinnāwī and Aḥmad al-Fīšāwī: one is dramatic and promises change, the other is tech­nical and purports routine. In order to make sense of this, both stories are situated in a discourse analytical frame­work. Buil­ding on the distinc­tion of special discourse, inter­dis­course, and elemen­tary discourse, the combined analysis of both tales deve­lops a new perspec­tive on the issue of change and arrives at an inter­dis­cur­sive view of legal deve­lop­ment in Egyp­tian family law.