Explaining Marriage Payments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6147532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jihan Safar (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1-3 |
| Pages | 90-143 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hawwa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2078 • E-ISSN: 1569-2086 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15692086-12341338 |
| OpenAlex | W2931291849 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
The high amount of mahr paid by the groom to the bride, among other marriage payments, constitutes a real burden for young Omanis today. This article sheds light on the main factors and motives that determine the amount of the mahr. Paradoxically, new consumerist desires, more highly educated women, and “love marriages” seem to coincide inversely with rising marriage payments. Modernization variables, such as women’s education and exogamous marriages, are not decreasing the mahr as predicted by theories of modernization, nor is institutional regulation effectively decreasing the amount. Beyond its economic aspects, mahr needs to be situated in its social, political, and cultural dimensions to better understand the complexity and variability of this institution. This article answers fundamental questions about how the mahr amount is fixed and negotiated between families in Oman. The study was carried out in Oman in 2016. Thirty-nine semi-structured interviews were conducted in different areas of the country in order to give firsthand information on the evolution, motives, perceptions, experiences, attitudes, and mechanisms related to matrimonial decision-making and familial strategies during the mahr bargaining. In addition to ethnographic research, a general online survey was conducted to provide statistical data on the main economic and non-economic factors that determine the mahr amount
Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Institution · Modernization theory · Order (exchange · Payment · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Situated · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Global Maternal and Child Health · Islamic Studies and History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |