pt. 1. Introduction. Historical orientations to the study of family change : ideational forces considered / Kathryn M. Yount and Hoda Rashad -- pt. 2. Transnationalism, nationalism, and new family ideals. Familism and critical Arab family studies / Suad Joseph -- International feminism and the women's movement in Egypt, 1904-1923 : a reappraisal of categories and legacies / Mary Ann Fay -- From birth control to family planning : population, gender, and the politics of reproduction in Egypt / Laura Bier -- Family law and family planning policy in pre- and post-revolutionary Iran / Homa Hoodfar -- From nationalism to feminism : family law in Tunisia / Mounira M. Charrad -- pt. 3. Continuity and change in daily family life. Why kin marriages? Rationales in rural Upper Egypt / Hania Sholkamy -- Social change and parent-adolescent dynamics in Egypt / Sahar el Tawila, Barbara Ibrahim, and Hind Wassef -- Women's family power and gender preference in Minya, Egypt / Kathryn M. Yount -- Divorce and the state of the family in modern century Egypt / Kenneth M. Cuno -- The family and social change in post-revolutionary Iran / Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Peter McDonald, and Meimanat Hossein-Chavoshi -- From sexual submission to voluntary commitment : the transformation of family ties in contemporary Tunisia / Lilia Labidi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.