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3 books match the query 'Shanneik, Yafa'

cover of Arranged Marriage: The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change

Arranged Marriage

The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change

Péter Berta

Rutgers University Press, 2023

Arranged Marriage: The Politics of Tradition, Resistance, and Change shows how arranged marriage practices have been undergoing transformation as a result of global and other processes such as the revolution of digital technology, democratization of transnational mobility, or shifting significance of patriarchal power structures. The ethnographically informed chapters not only highlight how the gendered and intergenerational politics of agency, autonomy, choice, consent, and intimacy work in the contexts of partner choice and management of marriage, but also point out that arranged marriages are increasingly varied and they can be reshaped, reinvented, and reinterpreted flexibly in response to individual, family, religious, class, ethnic, and other desires, needs, and constraints. The authors convincingly demonstrate that a nuanced investigation of the reasons, complex dynamics, and consequences of arranged marriages offers a refreshing analytical lens that can significantly contribute to a deeper understanding of other phenomena such as globalization, modernization, and international migration as well as patriarchal value regimes, intergenerational power imbalances, and gendered subordination and vulnerability of women. 
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Forcing Divorce

Intimate and Non-Intimate Coercive Control in Marriage Dissolution

Péter Berta

Rutgers University Press, 2027

Forcing Divorce seeks to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of what possible causes, motivations, constraints, and dynamics may lie behind forced divorce cases in various social and political contexts. This volume points out that coercive and controlling behavior plays a key role in forcing divorce and provides a detailed insight into the diverse set of strategies and tactics of marital coercive control, as well as the negative emotional, psychological, social, economic, legal , and physical consequences of their use. The chapters reveal that marital coercive control can develop not only in cases of forced divorce related to intimate partnerships, but also in non-intimate, large-scale social contexts, such as the relationship between the state and its citizens, or between religious leaders and their followers. They also highlight why contextual pressure is significant and how it operates, and why it is useful to distinguish between conducive contexts (soft contextual pressure) and coercive contexts (hard contextual pressure) in order to gain a more thorough understanding of the dynamics of restriction of individual marital choice and consent in cases of forced divorce.

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Global Dynamics of Shi'a Marriages

Religion, Gender, and Belonging

Yafa Shanneik

Rutgers University Press, 2022

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.
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