Screen LibraryNomadic societies in the Middle East and North Africa : entering the 21st century /
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, Near and Middle East = Handbuch der Orientalistik,
volume 81 |
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| Carrier Form: | xliii, 1060 pages : illustrations, maps, forms ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004147928 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 9004147926 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | GN387 |
| CLC: | C912.22 |
| Call Number: | C912.22/N799 |
| Contents: |
Introduction : nomads of the Middle East and North Africa facing the 21st century / nomads of pre-Islamic Arabia / Last battles of the Bedouin and the rise of modern states in Northern Arabia : 1850-1950 / political economy of Middle Eastern and North African pastoral nomads / Individuals, factions and tribes among Moorish societies / Are there still tribes in Morocco? / From the disappearance of 'tribes' to reawakening of the tribal feeling : strategies of state among the formerly N Multinational oil exploitation and social investment : mobile pastoralists in the Sultanate of Oman / Language and identity : the perpetuation of dialects / Art and generosity : thoughts on the aesthetic perceptions of the 'arab / Facing change in Arabia : the Bedouin community and the notion of development / Government interventions and pastoral accommodations : social and economic adaptation to change in agricultural policy in Jordan's Badiya / Land and identity among Awlad 'Ali Bedouin : Egypt's Northw Heroic faces, disruptive deeds : remembering the tribal Shaykh on the Syrian euphrates / Permanent values in a changing world : Bedouin women's tales from North-East Syria / inappropriable voice : introducing Bedouin women's oral poetry from the Arabian peninsula / Cassettes and the shifting politics of Awlad 'Ali love poetry / |