Love Across Difference

Lara Deeb is Professor of Anthropology and MENA Studies at Scripps College, author of An Enchanted Modern (2006), and coauthor of Leisurely Islam (2013) and Anthropology's Politics (Stanford, 2016).

• Introduction: Love Across Difference1. Who Counts as Different, Anyway2. Who Will You Marry3. How Will You Marry4. Which Ultimatum, Elopement or Time5. It's All about Status6. Unknown Geographies, Unknown People7. Islamophobia and Other Discriminations8. What about Faith9. Shunning Is Powerful10. Mixed Families in a Divided WorldConclusion: Can Mixed Marriage Change the WorldAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

"Lara Deeb masterfully shows how sect 'feels real' and is maintained through macroeconomic and political dynamics and in everyday life. Love Across Difference details the complex and intersectional meaning of sect in social life, offering a nuanced analysis rooted in extensive field research across Lebanon."—Melani Cammett, Harvard University "A crucial anthropology of sectarianism as a contemporary social world—inhabited, experienced, and defied by ordinary people. Lara Deeb's book is a powerful corrective to the idea of a static sectarian Lebanon and Middle East."—Ussama Makdisi, University of California, Berkeley "Through fluid storytelling, Lara Deeb's Love Across Difference graciously welcomes readers outside its discipline: her argument is eminently accessible to the generalist and utterly engrossing to seasoned readers in Middle Eastern women's studies. Readers will emerge with a more nuanced understanding of the honeycomb complexity of Lebanese society."—Mohja Kahf, author of My Lover Feeds Me Grapefruit "Recommended."—M. L. Russell, CHOICE "As Deeb observes, 'Marriage is an act of hope,' and conflict related to marriage proves to be a revealing vantage point from which to understand what people hope for."—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs