Hledání muslimské nevěsty: od dohodnutých sňatků k internetové seznamce

• Authors: Jana Malecká

Title variants

EN

Searching for Muslim Bride: from arranged marriages to Internet marriage agency

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The study speaks about different strategies used for the selection of life partners, and ways how to get to know him/her in Arab Sunni society. A section is devoted to arranged marriages in the case of endogamy and exogamy whereby noticeable is the deciding influence of family members on the marriage. Through marriage not only a man and a woman but mainly two families are bonded, mutual family and ancestry bonds are strengthened and family wealth is extended. The author does not omit even individual dating strategies of girls and boys. She also pays attention to the possibilities to using the service of a paid matchmaker or the potential of Internet marriage agencies and social networks. The witnesses of informants – Sunni Muslims coming from Syria, Jordan and Palestine – constitute the major source of information.

Keywords

EN

Islam; matrimony; wedding; arranged marriage; matchmaker; Internet marriage agency

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3 - 9

Contributors

author

Jana Malecká

• Národopisná revue, redakce, Národní ústav lidové kultury se sídlem ve Strážnici, Zámek 672, 696 62 Strážnice, Czech Republic