Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties: Global Perspectives on Marriage, Crisis,

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Since the late nineteenth century, fears that marriage is in crisis have reverberated around the world. Each chapter in Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties considers a moment in which proclamations of marriage crisis have erupted, revealing how people deployed the institution to debate relationships, the nation, and the problems of both.

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Since the late nineteenth century, fears that marriage is in crisis have reverberated around the world. This volume explores this phenomenon, asking why people of various races, classes, and nations frequently seem to be fretting about marriage. Each of the chapters analyzes a specific time and place during which proclamations of marriage crisis have dominated public discourse, whether in late imperial Russia, 1920s India, mid-century France, or present-day Iran.Collectively, the chapters reveal how diverse individuals have deployed the institution of marriage to talk not only about intimate relationships, but also to understand the nation, its problems, andvarious socioeconomic and political transformations.

Author Biography

Kristin Celello is Associate Professor of History at Queens College, City University of New York, and the author of Making Marriage Work: A History of Marriage and Divorce in the Twentieth-Century United States.Hanan Kholoussy is an Associate Professor of History at The American University in Cairo and the author of For Better, For Worse: The Marriage Crisis That Made Modern Egypt.

Table of Contents

Introduction: "Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties: Global Perspectives on Marriage, Crisis, and Nation," Kristin Celello and Hanan KholoussyChapter One: "Marital Choice and Marital Crisis in Late Imperial Russia," Barbara Alpern EngelChapter Two: "Marriage, Manumission, and Morality in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro," Erica M. WindlerChapter Three: "Marriage Crisis and All That Jazz," Nancy F. CottChapter Four: "Marriage and Minority: The Indian Nation, the Muslim Question, and the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929," Ishita PandeChapter Five: "Mixed Marriage in Colonial Burma: National Identity and Nationhood at Risk," Tin Tin HtunChapter Six: "Materialism, Contention, and Rebellion: The Changing Demands on Marriage in Colonial Zanzibar," Elke E. StockreiterChapter Seven: "Finding a Grand Amour in Marriage in Postwar France," Rebecca J. PuljuChapter Eight: "Wedding Marriage to the Nation-State in Modern China: Legal Consequences for Divorce, Property, and Women's Rights," Ke Li and Sara L. FriedmanChapter Nine: "Woman-to-Woman, Polyandrous, and Child Marriage: Expressions and Contestations of Marriage Rights in Colonial and Independent Nigeria," Nwando AchebeChapter Ten: "What Kind of Crisis? Marriage and Masculinity in Contemporary Iranian Cinema," Amy MotlaghChapter Eleven: "Marriage and Family in Crisis in Contemporary Japan," Jeff KingstonChapter Twelve: "Imagined Crises: Assessing Evidence of Delayed Marriage and Never-Marriage in Contemporary Egypt," Rania Salem

Review

"While the history of marriage has long been a vibrant scholarly field, it has typically housed discrete national narratives, with limited attention to the ways in which anxieties about marriage can cross international boundaries Though the twelve chapters stand comfortably on their own, it is the ground they share, and their collective insight, that marks the greatest contribution of Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties. This is an absorbingcollection in its own right, that simultaneously points to the abundant possibilities that a transnational framework can bring to the study of marriage."--William Kuby, Women and Social Movements"The editors' ability to assemble this cornucopia of fascinating case studies is impressive."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Highly specific issues regarding marriage and divorce frequently reflect broad national concerns, and in Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties: Global perspectives on marriage, crisis, and nation, the editors Kristin Celello and Hanan Kholoussy have collected twelve essays, spanning numerous countries and periods, to show that marriage regulations are often the site of complex power struggles [as this volume] demonstrates, governments consistentlyemploy marriage regulation as a means of consolidating and increasing their power."--Times Literary Supplement"A wide-ranging, fascinating exploration of how and why the seemingly private relationships between romantic partners have generated such a sense of political crisis in so many different places--and called forth such differing proposed 'solutions."--Stephanie Coontz, author of Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage"The global sweep of the essays in this collection makes it an invaluable addition to accounts of marriage, gender, and nation-states. Motivated by the notion of 'crisis' in marriage in different parts of the world, the volume probes the precarity of this institution, so fundamental to human sociality the world over. At the same time the differences in the nature of the crisis explored in each essay is a salutary reminder against positing a set of homogeneousassumptions about marriage. At a time when moral panics about gender are as ubiquitous as are discourses about the rights of women and sexual minorities, this volume is very timely in giving readers abroad historical overview of concerns that have shaped the institution globally. Methodologically varied and rigorous, this volume highlights the value of being attuned to questions of globalization and historical difference."--Rochona Majumdar, author of Marriage and Modernity: Family Values in Colonial Bengal

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In 12 chapters, scholars assess marriage crises around the world

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Since the late nineteenth century, fears that marriage is in crisis have reverberated around the world. This volume explores this phenomenon, asking why people of various races, classes, and nations frequently seem to be fretting about marriage. Each of the chapters analyzes a specific time and place during which proclamations of marriage crisis have dominated public discourse, whether in late imperial Russia, 1920s India, mid-century France, or present-day Iran.Collectively, the chapters reveal how diverse individuals have deployed the institution of marriage to talk not only about intimate relationships, but also to understand the nation, its problems, andvarious socioeconomic and political transformations.

Review Text

"Highly specific issues regarding marriage and divorce frequently reflect broad national concerns, and in Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties: Global perspectives on marriage, crisis, and nation, the editors Kristin Celello and Hanan Kholoussy have collected twelve essays, spanning numerous countries and periods, to show that marriage regulations are often the site of complex power struggles [as this volume] demonstrates, governments consistentlyemploy marriage regulation as a means of consolidating and increasing their power."--Times Literary Supplement"A wide-ranging, fascinating exploration of how and why the seemingly private relationships between romantic partners have generated such a sense of political crisis in so many different places --and called forth such differing proposed 'solutions."--Stephanie Coontz, author of Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage"The global sweep of the essays in this collection makes it an invaluable addition to accounts of marriage, gender, and nation-states. Motivated by the notion of 'crisis' in marriage in different parts of the world, the volume probes the precarity of this institution, so fundamental to human sociality the world over. At the same time the differences in the nature of the crisis explored in each essay is a salutary reminder against positing a set of homogeneousassumptions about marriage. At a time when moral panics about gender are as ubiquitous as are discourses about the rights of women and sexual minorities, this volume is very timely in giving readersa broad historical overview of concerns that have shaped the institution globally. Methodologically varied and rigorous, this volume highlights the value of being attuned to questions of globalization and historical difference."--Rochona Majumdar, author of Marriage and Modernity: Family Values in Colonial Bengal

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"While the history of marriage has long been a vibrant scholarly field, it has typically housed discrete national narratives, with limited attention to the ways in which anxieties about marriage can cross international boundaries Though the twelve chapters stand comfortably on their own, it is the ground they share, and their collective insight, that marks the greatest contribution of Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties. This is an absorbing collection in its own right, that simultaneously points to the abundant possibilities that a transnational framework can bring to the study of marriage."--William Kuby, Women and Social Movements "The editors' ability to assemble this cornucopia of fascinating case studies is impressive."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Highly specific issues regarding marriage and divorce frequently reflect broad national concerns, and in Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties: Global perspectives on marriage, crisis, and nation, the editors Kristin Celello and Hanan Kholoussy have collected twelve essays, spanning numerous countries and periods, to show that marriage regulations are often the site of complex power struggles [as this volume] demonstrates, governments consistently employ marriage regulation as a means of consolidating and increasing their power."--Times Literary Supplement "A wide-ranging, fascinating exploration of how and why the seemingly private relationships between romantic partners have generated such a sense of political crisis in so many different places--and called forth such differing proposed 'solutions."--Stephanie Coontz, author of Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage "The global sweep of the essays in this collection makes it an invaluable addition to accounts of marriage, gender, and nation-states. Motivated by the notion of 'crisis' in marriage in different parts of the world, the volume probes the precarity of this institution, so fundamental to human sociality the world over. At the same time the differences in the nature of the crisis explored in each essay is a salutary reminder against positing a set of homogeneous assumptions about marriage. At a time when moral panics about gender are as ubiquitous as are discourses about the rights of women and sexual minorities, this volume is very timely in giving readers a broad historical overview of concerns that have shaped the institution globally. Methodologically varied and rigorous, this volume highlights the value of being attuned to questions of globalization and historical difference."--Rochona Majumdar, author of Marriage and Modernity: Family Values in Colonial Bengal

Feature

Selling point: First collection of its kind to feature interdisciplinary and global perspectives on marriage, crisis, and the nationSelling point: Includes work by noted senior scholars as well as up-and-coming junior ones, who have spent time in archives and doing fieldwork around the world.Selling point: Essays cover the United States, Burma, India, Brazil, Russia, Zanzibar, France, China, Nigeria, Iran, Japan, and Egypt.Selling point: Addresses how states and public policies address issues of marriage, as well as how marriage crises shape interactions between ordinary men and women and the governments under which they live.

Details ISBN0199856737 Language English Year 2016 ISBN-10 0199856737 ISBN-13 9780199856732 Format Paperback Publication Date 2016-04-07 Short Title DOMESTIC TENSIONS NATL ANXIETI Media Book DEWEY 306.81 Subtitle Global Perspectives on Marriage, Crisis, and Nation Edited by Hanan Kholoussy Illustrations 14 hts Pages 296 Author Hanan Kholoussy Position Associate Professor of History and Middle East Studies Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation Associate Professor of History and Middle East Studies, American University in Cairo NZ Release Date 2016-04-07 US Release Date 2016-04-07 UK Release Date 2016-04-07 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Alternative 9780199856749 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2016-04-20 We've got this

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