Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation

Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation

In 1979, Steven C. Caton went to a remote area of Yemen to do fieldwork on the famous oral poetry of its tribes. The recent hostage crisis in Iran made life perilous for a young American in the Middle East; worse, he was soon embroiled in a dangerous local conflict and tribal hostilities simmered for months. Yemen Chronicle is his extraordinary report both on events that ensued and on the many theoreticalâ€•let alone practicalâ€•difficulties of doing ethnography in such circumstances. Caton also offers a profound meditation on the political, cultural, and sexual components of modern Arab culture.
Country USA
Brand Hill and Wang
Manufacturer Hill and Wang
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780809098828
ReleaseDate 2006-10-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780809098828

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