Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa : into the new millennium / edited by Sherine Hafez and Susan Slyomovics. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 387 pages) - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.



9781299652163 9780253007612




Anthropology--Fieldwork--Middle East.
Anthropology--Fieldwork--Africa, North.


Electronic Books.

GN635 / .A584 2013