A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria
(Part of the Middle East Studies Series)
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" F]illed with rare encounters with Syria's oldest, most elite families. Critics of anthropology's taste for exoticism and marginality will savor this study of upper-class Damascus, a world that is urbane and cosmopolitan, yet in many ways as remote as the settings in which the best ethnography has traditionally been done. . . . Written] with a nuanced appreciation of the cultural forms in question and how Damascenes themselves think, talk about,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0253217229
ISBN13:9780253217226
Release Date:December 2004
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:199 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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