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Despite the constant refrain that family is the most important social institution in Middle Eastern societies, only recently has it become the focus for rethinking the modern history of the Middle East. This book introduces exciting new findings by historians, anthropologists, and historical demographers that challenge pervasive assumptions about family made in the past. Using specific case studies based on original archival research and fieldwork, the contributors focus on the interplay between micro and macro processes of change and bridge the gap between materialist and discursive frameworks of analysis. They reveal the flexibility and dynamism of family life and show the complex juxtaposition of different rhythms of time (individual time, family time, historical time). These findings interface directly with and demonstrate the need for a critical reassessment of current debates on gender, modernity, and Islam.
Drawing on previously unused primary sources, this book paints an
intimate and vivid portrait of Palestinian society on the eve of
modernity. Through the voices of merchants, peasants, and Ottoman
officials, Beshara Doumani offers a major revision of standard
interpretations of Ottoman history by investigating the ways in
which urban-rural dynamics in a provincial setting appropriated and
gave meaning to the larger forces of Ottoman rule and European
economic expansion. He traces the relationship between culture,
politics, and economic change by looking at how merchant families
constructed trade networks and cultivated political power, and by
showing how peasants defined their identity and formulated their
notions of justice and political authority.
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