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The Middle East :

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0135816297

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9780135816295

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The Middle East :

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[Book]

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an anthropological approach /

First Statement of Responsibility

Dale F. Eickelman.

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Englewood Cliffs, N.J. :

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Prentice-Hall,

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©1981.

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xiv, 336 pages :

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illustrations ;

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23 cm.

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Prentice-Hall series in anthropology

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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Middle East.

Ethnology-- Africa, North.

Ethnology-- Middle East.

Ethnologie-- Afrique du Nord.

Ethnologie-- Moyen-Orient.

Anthropologie

Anthropologie.

Ethnology.

Etnografie.

Geschichte

Geschichte.

Islam

Islam.

Kultur

Kultur.

Manners and customs.

Sociale situatie.

Africa, North, Social life and customs.

Middle East, Social life and customs.

Near East, Social life and customs.

Afrique du Nord, Moeurs et coutumes.

Moyen-Orient, Moeurs et coutumes.

Middle East.

Mittlerer Osten

Mittlerer Osten.

Naher Osten

Naher Osten.

Nordafrika

Nordafrika.

North Africa.

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Eickelman, Dale F.,1942-

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20201203124746.0

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