{"product_id":"love-across-difference-mixed-marriage-in-lebanon-hardback-9781503640054","title":"Love Across Difference; Mixed Marriage in Lebanon (Hardback) 9781503640054","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLove Across Difference\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMixed Marriage in Lebanon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLara Deeb (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503640054\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.525 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Lara Deeb masterfully shows how sect 'feels real' and is maintained through macroeconomic and political dynamics and in everyday life. \u003ci\u003eLove Across Difference\u003c\/i\u003e details the complex and intersectional meaning of sect in social life, offering a nuanced analysis rooted in extensive field research across Lebanon.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Melani Cammett, Harvard University \"A crucial anthropology of sectarianism as a contemporary social world—inhabited, experienced, and defied by ordinary people. Lara Deeb's book is a powerful corrective to the idea of a static sectarian Lebanon and Middle East.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Ussama Makdisi, University of California, Berkeley \"Through fluid storytelling, Lara Deeb's \u003ci\u003eLove Across Difference\u003c\/i\u003e graciously welcomes readers outside its discipline: her argument is eminently accessible to the generalist and utterly engrossing to seasoned readers in Middle Eastern women's studies. Readers will emerge with a more nuanced understanding of the honeycomb complexity of Lebanese society.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Mohja Kahf, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Lover Feeds Me Grapefruit\u003c\/i\u003e \"Recommended.\"—M. L. Russell, \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e \"As Deeb observes, 'Marriage is an act of hope,' and conflict related to marriage proves to be a revealing vantage point from which to understand what people hope for.\"—Lisa Anderson, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLebanon may be the most complicated place in the world to be a \"mixed\" couple. It has no civil marriage law, fifteen personal status laws, and a political system built on sectarianism. Still, Lebanon has the most interreligious marriages per capita in the Middle East. What constitutes a mixed marriage is in flux as social norms shift, and reactions to mixed marriage reveal underlying social categories of discrimination. Through stories of Lebanese couples, \u003ci\u003eLove Across Difference\u003c\/i\u003e challenges readers to rethink categories of difference and imagine possibilities for social change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on two decades of interviews and research, Lara Deeb shows how mixed couples in Lebanon confront patriarchy, social difference, and sectarianism. In the drama that ensues as women and young men make their own marital choices, they push gender boundaries and reveal the ultimately empty nature of sect as a category of social difference. Love won't end sectarianism, but it can contribute to reducing sect's social power. Through the example of Lebanon, we can learn about our own social worlds, about the assumptions we make around social difference, and about how people react when forced to change their ideas of who can be made kin through marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Love Across Difference\u003cbr\u003e  1. Who Counts as Different, Anyway\u003cbr\u003e  2. Who Will You Marry\u003cbr\u003e  3. How Will You Marry\u003cbr\u003e  4. Which Ultimatum, Elopement or Time\u003cbr\u003e  5. It's All about Status\u003cbr\u003e  6. Unknown Geographies, Unknown People\u003cbr\u003e  7. Islamophobia and Other Discriminations\u003cbr\u003e  8. What about Faith\u003cbr\u003e  9. Shunning Is Powerful\u003cbr\u003e  10. Mixed Families in a Divided World\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Can Mixed Marriage Change the World\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610710470936,"sku":"9781503640054","price":77.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/love-across-difference-mixed-marriage-in-lebanon-hardback-9781503640054","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}