Sexualities--Practices (Caucasus)

Gould, Rebecca Ruth

Sexualities--Practices (Caucasus)

Koninklijke Brill, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES: SEXUALITIES PRACTICES, Vol. 6, pp. 142-143, Suad Joseph, Afsaneh Najmabadi, eds., Leiden, 2007

5 Pages Posted: 3 Aug 2011 Last revised: 15 Sep 2011

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Rebecca Ruth Gould

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London; Harvard University - Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Date Written: August 3, 2011

Abstract

Discusses marriage and ethnographic practices such as "anti-marriage" (storproba), and brideprice (kalym) among Muslim women of the Caucasus. Sources include Dalgat, Tuite, and Baliauri.

Keywords: sexuality, islam, caucasus, marriage, divorce

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Gould, Rebecca Ruth, Sexualities--Practices (Caucasus) (August 3, 2011). Koninklijke Brill, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN AND ISLAMIC CULTURES: SEXUALITIES PRACTICES, Vol. 6, pp. 142-143, Suad Joseph, Afsaneh Najmabadi, eds., Leiden, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1904366