Islam, Memory, and Morality in Yemen: Ruling Families in Transition
(Part of the Contemporary Anthropology of Religion Series)
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This book tells a story of a Yemeni hereditary elite that was overthrown in the 1962 revolution in North Yemen, after enjoying exclusive rights to the leadership of the Imamate, the religiously sanctioned state for over a millennium. Rather than concentrating on recent political history, this book highlights the personal predicament of those targeted by the revolution. What is their sense of "past" and "self" in a transformed political setting where...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1403966656
ISBN13:9781403966650
Release Date:November 2005
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:348 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"
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