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

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TextSeries: Public cultures of the Middle East and North AfricaPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 387 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1299652166
9781299652163
0253007615
9780253007612

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306/.0956 23

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GN635.N42 A6 2013eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

English.

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