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A Companion to the Anthropology of the Middle East


A Companion to the Anthropology of the Middle East


Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology 1. Aufl.

von: Soraya Altorki

171,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 04.05.2015
ISBN/EAN: 9781118475652
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 568

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<i>A Companion to the Anthropology of the Middle East</i> presents a comprehensive overview of current trends and future directions in anthropological research and activism in the modern Middle East.<br /><br /> <ul> <li>Named as one of <i>Choice</i>'s Outstanding Academic Titles of 2016 </li> <li>Offers critical perspectives on the theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical goals of anthropology in the Middle East</li> <li>Analyzes the conditions of cultural and social transformation in the Middle Eastern region and its relations with other areas of the world</li> <li>Features contributions by top experts in various Middle East anthropological specialties</li> <li>Features in-depth coverage of issues drawn from religion, the arts, language, politics, political economy, the law, human rights, multiculturalism, and globalization</li> </ul>
<p>Notes on Contributors x</p> <p>Acknowledgments xvii</p> <p>Preface xviii</p> <p><b>Part I Introduction: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues 1</b></p> <p>1 Enduring Concerns, Resilient Tropes, and New Departures: Reading the Companion 3<br /><i>Deniz Kandiyoti</i></p> <p>2 Theory and Thematics in the Anthropology of the Middle East 15<br /><i>Suad Joseph</i></p> <p>3 Structure/Agency and the Anthropology of the Middle East 40<br /><i>Soraya Altorki</i></p> <p>4 Reflections on the Politics of Middle East Studies 72<br /><i>Steven C. Caton</i></p> <p><b>Part II Culture and Everyday Life 89</b></p> <p>5 The Politics of Aesthetics in the Muslim Middle East 91<br /><i>Martin Stokes</i></p> <p>6 Dreams and the Miraculous 107<br /><i>Amira Mittermaier</i></p> <p>7 Refiguring Islam 125<br /><i>Nada Moumtaz</i></p> <p>8 In the Garden of the Sexes: Of Men, Women, Gaze, and Hair 151<br /><i>Shahla Haeri</i></p> <p>9 Trajectories of Gendered Labor 172<br /><i>Livia Wick</i></p> <p>10 The Politics of Poetry 188<br /><i>J. Andrew Bush</i></p> <p><b>Part III Social Relations and Social Movements 205</b></p> <p>11 Medical Anthropology in the Middle East and North Africa 207<br /><i>Jessica Newman and Marcia C. Inhorn</i></p> <p>12 From Rural Development to Environmental Anthropology 233<br /><i>Nicholas S. Hopkins</i></p> <p>13 Displacement and Dispossession in the Middle East 249<br /><i>Dawn Chatty</i></p> <p>14 Anthropology and Humanitarianism in the Middle East 262<br /><i>Ilana Feldman</i></p> <p>15 Anthropologies of Middle Eastern Diasporas 282<br /><i>Paul A. Silverstein</i></p> <p>16a The Invention of the Mizrahim 316<br /><i>Ella Shohat</i></p> <p>16b The Mizrahi Cinema of Displacement 329<br /><i>Ella Shohat</i></p> <p>17 Social Movements and Revolution 338<br /><i>Zeina Zaatari</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Law, Politics, and the State 361</b></p> <p>18 Justice between Islamic Sharia and Liberal Law: Remarks on the Egyptian Context 363<br /><i>Hussein Ali Agrama</i></p> <p>19 The Notion of Arab Culture and the “Colonial Present” 391<br /><i>Mayssoun Sukarieh</i></p> <p>20 Rethinking Anthropology of Neoliberalism in the Middle East 411<br /><i>Julia Elyachar</i></p> <p>21 “States of Aspiration”: Anthropology and New Questions for the Middle East 434<br /><i>Michelle Obeid</i></p> <p>22 Rethinking the “Post?]Ottoman”: Anatolian Armenians as an Ethnographic Perspective 452<br /><i>Hakem Al</i><i>?]</i><i>Rustom</i></p> <p>23 Reframing the Middle Eastern City: Thoughts on New Research 480<br /><i>Kamran Asdar Ali</i></p> <p><b>Part V Pop Culture and New Media 493</b></p> <p>24 Middle Eastern Music and Popular Culture 495<br /><i>John Philip Rode Schaefer</i></p> <p>25 New Media and Electronic Networks 509<br /><i>Mark Allen Peterson</i></p> <p>Index 526</p>
"...clear and engaging. Graduate sociocultural anthropology students, advanced undergraduates, and specialists will find this survey book valuable. Parts of this volume are also essential for policymakers since some of discussed anthropological themes are now at the core of contemporary world affairs." - <i>Solaiman M. Fazel, AAA Book Forum</i>
<b>Soraya Altorki</b> is Professor of Anthropology at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She is the author or co-author of five books and many journal articles and book chapters in the area of the anthropology of the Arab world, including studies on the family, gender, youth, religion, and political economy.
<i>A Companion to the Anthropology of the Middle East</i> presents a comprehensive overview of current trends and future directions in anthropological research and activism in the modern Middle East. Featuring contributions from a wide range of distinguished contemporary scholars of Middle East anthropology, chapters encompass the entire breadth of the region’s cultural, social, political, and religious diversity. Numerous issues covering various aspects of Middle Eastern anthropological concerns are addressed—topics drawn from religion, the arts, language, and politics to political economy, the law, human rights, multiculturalism, and globalization. Within each topic explored, individual authors focus on the most pressing methodological and theoretical concerns raised by contemporary scholars, along with key conceptual breakthroughs, gaps in the literature, and fruitful areas for further research. Timely and thought-provoking, <i>A Companion to the Anthropology of the Middle East</i> is an invaluable resource for anthropologists and other social scientists seeking a better understanding of the complex relationship between the East and West in our new global environments.
<p>"Anyone seriously interested in the most recent anthropological research on the Middle East can do no better than read this excellent collection of essays. The editor is to be congratulated."</p> <p>Talal Asad, City University of New York </p>

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