TY - BOOK ID - 77883298 TI - Consuming desires PY - 2011 SN - 0804776407 9780804776400 9780804761550 0804761558 9780804761567 0804761566 PB - Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Marriage KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Family policy KW - Families KW - Families and state KW - State and families KW - Public welfare KW - Social security KW - Social policy KW - Female-male relationships KW - Male-female relationships KW - Men KW - Men-women relationships KW - Relationships, Man-woman KW - Woman-man relationships KW - Women KW - Women-men relationships KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Mate selection KW - Married life KW - Matrimony KW - Nuptiality KW - Wedlock KW - Love KW - Sacraments KW - Betrothal KW - Courtship KW - Home KW - Honeymoons KW - Government policy KW - Relations with women KW - Relations with men UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77883298 AB - Over the course of the twentieth century, most Middle East states adopted a shari'a-based system for recognizing marriages. Partly in reaction to these dynamics, new types of marriage that evade the control of the state and religious authorities have emerged. These marriages allow for men and women to engage in sexual relationships, but do not require that they register the marriage with the state, that they live together, or that the man be financially responsible for the wife or household. In Consuming Desires, Frances Hasso explores the extent to which these new relationship forms are used and to what ends, as well as the legal and cultural responses to such innovations. She outlines what is at stake for the various groups—the state, religious leaders, opposition groups, young people, men and women of different classes and locations, and feminist organizations—in arguments for and against these relationship forms. ER -