| Description |
xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Prentice-Hall series in anthropology |
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Prentice-Hall anthropology series.
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| Contents |
1. Anthropology and the Middle East. The Middle East defined; Anthropology : some practical assumptions; First approximations -- 2. Intellectual predecessors : the rediscovery of the Middle East. Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt, 1798-1801; Explorers and scholars; William Robertson Smith (1846-1894); Scholarly inquiry and imperial interests -- 3. The functionalist era : village and community studies. Functionalism as theory and practice; Functionalism in the study of the Middle East -- 4. The contexts of pastoral nomadism. Pastoral nomadism : the past and the present; Saudi Arabian pastoralists : The Āl Murra; The ideology of equality : further considerations -- 5. What is a tribe? Ideologies; The concept of tribe; A Moroccan example : The Bnī Batāw; Segmentation ideology or segmentary theory : the Bedouin of Cyrenaica -- 6. Personal and family relationships. Kinship today; Cultural forms; Practical kinship : Morocco; Practical kinship : some analytical considerations; Marriage; The importance of kin and family |
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7. Change in practical ideologies : self, sexuality, and ethnicity. Naming; Women, men, and sexuality; Ethnicity and cultural identity -- 8. The cultural order of complex societies. World view; Morocco : God's will, reason, and obligation; North Africans in Israel; The market as a cultural form; Lying; Etiquette; Iran : Taʻāruf; Conclusion -- 8. Islam in practice. Islam as a world religion; The five pillars; The Shīʻa; An ideological frontier? : the Alevi; Sufism; Maraboutism : town and tribe; Men of learning (ʻUlamā'); Reform : the self-renewal of Islamic tradition; Beginnings -- 10. Cities in their place. Issues; The "Islamic" city; Colonial cities and their legacy; Cities now; Cities and social class -- 11. Political economy : past and present. Medieval Muslim states : problems of authority and interpretation; The colonial experience; The social anthropology of the nation-state; Development in perspective |
| Analysis |
Middle East Cultural processes to 1980 |
| Notes |
From third edition onward, published under title: The Middle East and Central Asia : an anthropological approach |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Africa, North.
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Ethnology -- Middle East.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, North -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114128
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Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| LC no. |
80019547 |
| ISBN |
0135816297 |
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