Arab American Marriage

Culture, Tradition, Religion, and the Social Worker

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2168591
AutoresAlean Al-Krenawi (0000-0002-3120-7851, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Stephen O Jackson (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Año2014
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas115-137
Fecha de publicación2014-02-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911359.2014.848679
OpenAlexW1978373368
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas48

The growing and varied Arab American population and the continuing stereotyping and mistrust between people of Arab descent and other Americans make the need for culturally competent social work more pronounced. This study considers the importance the institutions of marriage and family retain within what can be a generally high-context community. Marriage, family, and religious relationships can be complicated by a sense of honor and stigma alongside frequently distressing experiences or news from the country of origin. Various generations of Arab Americans are returning with their Middle Eastern counterparts to their religions to reestablish their identities. We shall consider the problems between fundamental and enlightened readings and understandings of the traditional marriage contract, especially under Sharia law, and traditional gender roles in relation to the varied expectations of the bride and groom, the extended families, and the cultural community. We suggest ways that social workers can develop skillful communications within effective cultural community networks to offset both inappropriate and insensitive misdiagnosis and treatment

Context (archaeology · Geography · Honor · Political science · Population · Social stigma · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Medicine · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Work · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology