academia – Frances S. Hasso

Consuming Desires: Family Crisis and the State in the Middle East

Published on January 13, 2022January 13, 2023 by fsh5Leave a comment

My 2011 monograph study (published by Stanford University Press) examines and explains the rise of family crisis discourse on marriage, sex, and divorce in the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, with wider valence for the region. In addition to addressing informal and formal practices, the book deeply divides into the intersections of governmentality, state law, and Islamic shari`a.

Consuming Desires: Family Crisis and the State in the Middle East by Frances S. Hasso

Décima Semana Árabe en México

Published on November 30, 2019December 1, 2019 by fsh5Leave a comment

November 22, 2019 Keynote Lecture: Contraception and Induced Abortion in Historic Palestine in Law and Practice at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México. Organized by Dra. Camila Pastor, Dra. Indira Sánchez, and Miguel Fuentes Carreño. https://www.cide.edu/semanaarabe/programa/

November 23, 2019 Master Class on Feminist Methodologies and Theories at Alianza Francesa de Polanco, Mexico City. Arab Week in Mexico.