9780253007537

Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253007537

  • ISBN10:

    0253007534

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2013-06-05
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

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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 that are of particular relevance for understanding the "Arab Spring" of 2011. 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.

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The waves of change sweeping the MENA compel social scientists and anthropologists in particular to move beyond local specificities and images of 'untouched' communities or Middle East exceptionalism to consider wider patterns of social and cultural change.... [The essays in this volume] reflect a commitment to ethnographic research informed by current discussions about the field of Middle East anthropology. All attempt to take stock of what anthropologists have and have not accomplished in their attempt to understand this region.from the foreword

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