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14 produkter
Deep History
The Architecture of Past and Present
Av Andrew Shryock, Daniel Lord Smail
Häftad, 2011
382 kr
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Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important …
Scandal of Continuity in Middle East Anthropology
Form, Duration, Difference
Av Judith Scheele, Andrew Shryock
Inbunden, 2019
959 kr
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Despite a rich history of ethnographic research in Middle Eastern societies, the region is frequently portrayed as marginal to anthropology. The contributors to this volume reject this view and show how the Middle East is in fact vital to the discipline and how Middle Eastern anthropologists have …
Scandal of Continuity in Middle East Anthropology
Form, Duration, Difference
Av Judith Scheele, Andrew Shryock
Häftad, 2019
385 kr
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Despite a rich history of ethnographic research in Middle Eastern societies, the region is frequently portrayed as marginal to anthropology. The contributors to this volume reject this view and show how the Middle East is in fact vital to the discipline and how Middle Eastern anthropologists have …
Islamophobia/Islamophilia
Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend
Häftad, 2010
273 kr
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"Islamophobia" is a term that has been widely applied to anti-Muslim ideas and actions, especially since 9/11. The contributors to this provocative volume explore and critique the usefulness of the concept for understanding contexts ranging from the Middle Ages to the modern day. Moving beyond …
Nationalism and the Genealogical Imagination
Oral History and Textual Authority in Tribal Jordan
Häftad, 1997
441 kr
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This book explores the transition from oral to written history now taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. As traditional Bedouin storytellers and literate …
Deep History
The Architecture of Past and Present
Av Andrew Shryock, Daniel Lord Smail
Inbunden, 2011
493 kr
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Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important …
Nationalism and the Genealogical Imagination
Oral History and Textual Authority in Tribal Jordan
E-bok, 1997
503 kr
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This book explores the transition from oral to written history now taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. As traditional Bedouin storytellers and literate …
Deep History
The Architecture of Past and Present
Av Daniel Lord Smail, Andrew Shryock
E-bok, 2011
321 kr
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Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. In fact, the deep past was left out of most historical writing almost as soon as it was discovered. This breakthrough book, as important …
Off Stage/on Display
Intimacy and Ethnography in the Age of Public Culture
Inbunden, 2004
1702 kr
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Why are public identities so predictably, and often so radically, different from identities that flourish in realms of collective intimacy? Why does belonging to a group, knowing about it, or displaying its qualities to others require that certain aspects of identification be denied—not because …
Off Stage/on Display
Intimacy and Ethnography in the Age of Public Culture
Häftad, 2004
413 kr
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Why are public identities so predictably, and often so radically, different from identities that flourish in realms of collective intimacy? Why does belonging to a group, knowing about it, or displaying its qualities to others require that certain aspects of identification be denied—not because …
Arab Detroit
From Margin to Mainstream
Av Nabeel Abraham, Andrew Shryock
Häftad, 2000
463 kr
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Detroit is home to one of the largest and most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East. This collection of memoirs, poetry, interviews and essays brings together the work of 25 contributors to paint a colourful portrait of Detroit's Arab community.
Arab Detroit 9/11
Arab Detroit 9/11:Life in the Terror Decade
Av Nabeel Abraham, Sally Howell m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
360 kr
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Contributors explore the trauma, unexpected political gains, and moral ambiguities faced by Arab Detroiters in post-9/11 America.
Beyond Refuge in Arab Detroit
Av Yasmeen Hanoosh, Sally Howell m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
411 kr
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From Hospitality to Grace – A Julian Pitt–Rivers Omnibus
Av Julian Pitt–rivers, Giovanni Da Col m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
632 kr
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The Pitt-Rivers Omnibus brings together the definitive essays and lectures of the influential social anthropologist Julian A. Pitt-Rivers, a corpus of work that has, until now, remained scattered, untranslated, and unedited. Illuminating the themes and topics that he engaged throughout his …
