Nationalism and the Genealogical Imagination: Oral History and Textual Authority in Tribal Jordan Volume 23

by Andrew Shryock

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This book explores the transition from oral to written history now taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. As traditional Bedouin storytellers and literate historians lead him through a world of hidden documents, contested photographs, and meticulously reconstructed pedigrees, Andrew Shryock describes how he...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520201019

ISBN13:9780520201019

Release Date:February 1997

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:363 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Cultural Education & Reference History Jordan Middle East Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences World

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