{"product_id":"arab-society-and-culture-an-essential-guide-9780863566165","title":"Arab Society and Culture: An Essential Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eArab Society and Culture provides wide-ranging essays and supplementary readings that examine recent social and cultural change in Arab societies. From investigations of consumerism and Islam on the Internet to changing attitudes toward sex  gender  and homosexuality  this collection challenges stereotypes and assesses the impact of increasingly global and mobile lifestyles on family structure  public space  and private life. Emphasis is placed on how local cultures are adapting to global and postmodern transformations. Samples are taken from a wide range of writings on the Middle East  including essays by Orhan Pamuk  Bertrand Russell  Edward Said  Amin Maalouf  and Nawal El Saadawi. Many of the contributors have US academic posts and affiliations. Samir Khalaf is a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Behavioral Research at the American University of Beirut. He has held academic appointments at Princeton  Harvard  MIT  and New York University  and is most recently the co-editor of Sexuality in the Arab World (Saqi Books  2006). Roseanne Saad Khalaf is an assistant professor of English and creative writing at the American University of Beirut  and she is the co-editor of Transit Beirut (Saqi Books  2006).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529679331381,"sku":"ByrdShop_0863566162","price":100.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780863566165.jpg?v=1780941528","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/arab-society-and-culture-an-essential-guide-9780863566165","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}