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Nationalism and the Genealogical Imagination: Oral History and Textual Authority in Tribal Jordan - Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies
Andrew Shryock
Nationalism and the Genealogical Imagination: Oral History and Textual Authority in Tribal Jordan - Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies
Andrew Shryock
Explores the transition from oral to written history that is 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. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators.
363 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations, map
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 12, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780520201019 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 363 |
Dimensions | 164 × 226 × 22 mm · 500 g |
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