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Consumerism and Negotiations for Marriage among the Middle- and Upper-Class Muslims in Cairo

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  • Ikran Eum

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This paper aims to explore marriage negotiations among families in Egypt. It focuses especially on consumption patterns during the process of establishing the households of newly-married couples among contemporary middle- and upper-class young Muslims in Cairo. In order to examine changes in consumption pattern at the time of marriage negotiations, this paper investigates and compares the marriage pattern of two different generations: (a) that of the parents who married before infitah (Egypt's “Open Door†policy), under which globalised consumption started to flourish in the 1970s and (b) that of their children who are currently of marriageable age or recently married.

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  • Ikran Eum, 2004. "Consumerism and Negotiations for Marriage among the Middle- and Upper-Class Muslims in Cairo," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 7(2), pages 171-186, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:intare:v:7:y:2004:i:2:p:171-186
    DOI: 10.1177/223386590400700209
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