| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 387 pages) |
| Series |
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa |
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Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.
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| Contents |
Knowledge production in the anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa -- Subjectivities : youth, gender, family, and tribe in the Middle Eastern and North African nation-state -- Anthropology of religion and secularism in the Middle East and North Africa -- Anthropology and new media in the virtual Middle East and North Africa |
| Summary |
This volume combines ethnographic accounts of fieldwork with overviews of recent anthropological literature about the region on topics such as Islam, gender, youth, and new media. It addresses contemporary debates about modernity, nation building, and the link between the ideology of power and the production of knowledge. Contributors include established and emerging scholars known for the depth and quality of their ethnographic writing and for their interventions in current theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Anthropology -- Fieldwork -- Middle East
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Anthropology -- Fieldwork -- Africa, North
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Manners and customs
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Anthropology -- Fieldwork
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Ethnic relations
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Social conditions
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Ethnologie
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Feldforschung
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Social conditions
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Africa, North -- Social conditions
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Middle East -- Ethnic relations
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Africa, North -- Ethnic relations
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Africa, North -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
North Africa
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Middle East
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Naher Osten
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Nordafrika
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Arabische Staaten
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hafez, Sherine, editor
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Slyomovics, Susan, editor
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| LC no. |
2012037380 |
| ISBN |
1299652166 |
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9781299652163 |
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0253007615 |
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9780253007612 |
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