Neopatriarchy : a theory of distorted change in Arab society /

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Author / Creator:	Sharabi, Hisham, 1927-2005.
Imprint:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 196 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Social structure -- Arab countries. Patriarchy -- Arab countries. Sex role -- Arab countries. Social change. Patriarchy. Sex role. Social change. Social conditions Social structure. Arab countries -- Social conditions. Arab countries. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177945

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ISBN:	1423735587 9781423735588 1601299087 9781601299086 0195079132
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This study argues that the historical patriarchal authority structure of the Middle East has not succumbed to modernization and disappeared or even been fundamentally revised. Instead, it lives on as neopatriarchy: a patriarchal authority that has frozen political and social development.
Other form:	Print version: Sharabi, Hisham, 1927-2005. Neopatriarchy. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 0195079132

Table of Contents:

1. Neopatriarchy: Concept and Reality; 2. Patriarchy and Modernity; 3. The Social Formation of Neopatriarchy; 4. The Structure and Relations of Neopatriarchy; 5. The Sociohistorical Origins of Neopatriarchy; 6. Neopatriarchy in the Age of Imperialism; 7. The Neopatriarchal Discourse; 8. Radical Criticism of Neopatriarchal Culture; 9. The Final Phase; 10. What Is To Be Done?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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