abstract:This article draws on a year of fieldwork conducted in Lebanon to highlight the paradoxical entanglement of power with romantic love in Lebanon, evident in the intricate gendered, aged, classed, and sect-related negotiations that accompany courtship periods. In addition, the article highlights the inclusive and relational qualities that external kin relations conduce. Kin approval ought not be seen as either/or divisive/conditional. For many of the couples interviewed, kin relations constitute an arena in which they can disseminate their affective bond. Such analysis is threefold. In addition to embracing the multiple subjectivity of the interlocutors, it moves beyond the standard political-economic approach that generally informs marriage studies in the Middle East and dismantles monolithic perceptions of Middle Eastern kin networks.

中文翻译：

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爱，黎巴嫩风格

摘要：本文借鉴了在黎巴嫩进行的一年实地调查，以突出黎巴嫩权力与浪漫爱情的矛盾纠缠，这在伴随求爱期的复杂的性别、年龄、阶级和教派相关的谈判中显而易见。此外，文章还强调了外部亲属关系所带来的包容性和相关性。亲属认可不应被视为要么/或分裂/有条件的。对于接受采访的许多夫妇来说，亲属关系构成了他们传播情感纽带的舞台。这种分析是三重的。除了接受对话者的多重主观性之外，它超越了通常为中东婚姻研究提供信息的标准政治经济方法，并消除了对中东亲属网络的单一看法。