Marriage and Family in Nablus, 1720–1856

Toward a History of Arab Marriage

Bibliographic Data

ID6079834
AuthorsJudith E Tucker (Judith E. Tucker is Assistant Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Her publications include Women in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985), and her current research concerns women and the family in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Palestine, as described in the records of the Islamic court system., corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume13
Issue2
Pages165-179
Publication date1988-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/036319908801300201
OpenAlexW4254014091
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited11

Despite assumptions to the contrary, marriage practices among Arab Muslims in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Nablus in Palestine varied in relation to the social background of the bride and groom. The significance of the indirect dower (mahr), the prevalence of child and cousin marriage, and the frequency of divorce and remarriage differed according to the role marriage played in the political and economic life of various urban classes. The records of the Islamic court, which include marriage contracts and the partition of estates, reveal this diversity and demonstrate the ways in which a woman's experience of marriage depended on her social background

Ancient history · Cousin · Islam · Palestine · Partition (number theory) · Political science · Politics · Remarriage · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

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