Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa : into the new millennium / / edited by Sherine Hafez and Susan Slyomovics

• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0956
• Soggetto topico: Anthropology - Fieldwork - Middle East; Anthropology - Fieldwork - Africa, North
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Social life and customs; Africa, North Social life and customs
• Altri autori: HafezSherine SlyomovicsSusan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Power and Knowledge in the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa; PART 1. KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; 1. State of the State of the Art Studies: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa; 2. Occluding Difference: Ethnic Identity and the Shifting Zones of Theory on the Middle East and North Africa; 3. Anthropology's Middle Eastern Prehistory: An Archaeology of Knowledge ; 4. The Pragmatics and Politics of Anthropological Collaboration on the North African Frontier5. The Post-Cold War Politics of Middle East Anthropology: Insights from a Transitional Generation Confronting the War on Terror; PART 2. SUBJECTIVITIES: YOUTH, GENDER, FAMILY, AND TRIBE IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN NATION-STATE; 6. Anthropology of the Future: Arab Youth and the State of the State; 7. The Memory Work of Anthropologists: Notes Toward a Gendered Politics of Memory in Conflict Zones-Sudan and Eritrea ; 8. Rejecting Authenticity in the Desert Landscapes of the Modern Middle East: Development Processes in the Jiddat il-Harasiis, Oman9. Notable Families and Capitalist Parasites in Egypt's Former Free Zone: Law, Trade, and Uncertainty; PART 3. ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SECULARISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; 10. Will the Rational Religious Subject Please Stand Up? Muslim Subjects and the Analytics of Religion; 11. Defining (and Enforcing) Islam in Secular Turkey; 12. Shari'a in the Diaspora: Displacement, Exclusion, and the Anthropology of the Traveling Middle East ; 13. A Place to Belong: Colonial Pasts, Modern Discourses, and Contraceptive Practices in MoroccoPART 4. ANTHROPOLOGY AND NEW MEDIA IN THE VIRTUAL MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; 14. "Our Master's Call": Mass Media and the People in Morocco's 1975 Green March; 15. The Construction of Virtual Identities: Online Tribalism in Saudi Arabia and Beyond; 16. Youth, Peace, and New Media in the Middle East; References; List of Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
• ISBN: 0-253-00761-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808776503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa