ABSTRACT

Explores, from a historical comparative perspective, the globalization of dominant myths of ‘modern’ family and society, and their effects on families in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia uniquely contributing to sociological debates about globalization.

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PART I Introduction

chapter |20 pages

Historical orientations to the study of family change: Ideational forces considered

ByKATHRYN M . YOUNT AND HODA RASHAD

part |2 pages

PART II Transnationalism, nationalism, and new family ideals

part |2 pages

PART III Continuity and change in daily family life

chapter 7|20 pages

Social change and parent–adolescent dynamics in Egypt

BySAHAR E L TAWILA , BARBARA IBRAHIM , AND HIND WASSEF

chapter 8|25 pages

Women’s family power and gender preference in Minya, Egypt

ByKATHRYN M . YOUNT

chapter 9|21 pages

Divorce and the fate of the family in modern century Egypt

ByKENNETH M . CUNO

chapter 10|19 pages

The family and social change in post-revolutionary Iran

ByMOHAMMAD JALAL ABBASI - SHAVAZI , PETER MCDONALD ,

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PART IV Concluding remarks

chapter 12|7 pages

Family life and ideational change in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia – reconsidered

ByHODA RASHAD AND KATHRYN M . YOUNT

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