ARAB YOUTH OCCIDENTALISMS: IMAGES OF THE WEST AND THE NEGOTIATION OF GENDER RELATIONS IN SYRIA AND JORDAN

ARAB YOUTH OCCIDENTALISMS: IMAGES OF THE WEST AND THE NEGOTIATION OF GENDER RELATIONS IN SYRIA AND JORDAN

Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews conducted in pre-civil war Syria and present day Jordan, I discuss the imageries of the West which young adults in these countries deploy in articulating their views and positions on gender relations. I suggest that Occidentalist images of Western gende...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandra Nasser El-Dine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Suomen Antropologinen Seura (Finnish Anthropological Society) 2016-11-01
Series:Suomen Antropologi
Subjects:
Occidentalism
the West
Arab youth
gender relations
courtship practices
Middle Eastern subjectivities
cultural authenticity
Online Access:https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/59640/20691

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https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/59640/20691

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