Quest for Love in Central Morocco : Young Women and the Dynamics of Intimate Lives

Author / Creator

Menin, Laura

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Summary

"This ethnography focuses on young women whose lives unfold in the low-income and lower-middle-class neighborhoods of a midsized town in Central Morocco, far from the overt influence of city life. ...

"This ethnography focuses on young women whose lives unfold in the low-income and lower-middle-class neighborhoods of a midsized town in Central Morocco, far from the overt influence of city life. It explores the creative ways young women navigate desire and morality, drawing upon ideas of "love" as an ethnographic object and source of theoretical examination to show how love is shaped just as much through complex cultural and historical phenomena as through intersecting socioeconomic and political developments"--

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