Arab Society and Culture: An Essential Reader: An Essential Guide - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0863566162 ISBN 13: 9780863566165

Casa editrice: Al Saqi, 2009

Riassunto

An essential reference for students and general readers alike, Arab Society and Culture provides wide-ranging essays and supplementary readings that challenge stereotypes and examine recent social and cultural change in Arab societies.
From investigations of consumerism and Islam on the Internet to changing attitudes towards sex, gender and homosexuality, shifting patterns, religion and rituals, the new Arab media, and transnational Islam, this collection assesses the impact of increasingly global and mobile lifestyles on family structure, public space and private life.
The texts bring together empirical explorations of the social sciences and intuitive sensibilities of the literary imagination.

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L'autore:

Samir Khalaf is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Behavioral Research, American University of Beirut. He has held academic appointments at Princeton, Harvard, MIT and New York University. Also by the Same Author Sexuality in the Arab World (Saqi, 978-0-86356-948-7), Heart of Beirut (Saqi, 978-0-86356-542-7) Cultural Resistance: Global and Local Encounters in the Middle East (Saqi, 978-0-86356-814-5) Roseanne Saad Khalaf is Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the American University of Beirut. Also by the Same Author Once Upon a Time in Lebanon, Lebanon: Four Journeys to the Past, Themes and Transit Beirut (Saqi, 978-0-86356-568-7)

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• Editore: Al Saqi
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0863566162
• ISBN 13: 9780863566165
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 544
• Redattore: Khalaf Samir, Khalaf Roseanne Saad