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Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia (Hardcover)
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Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia (Hardcover)
Series: Culture and Customs of the Middle East
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Saudi Arabia is a young nation with an ancient history. It is one
of the most conservative traditional societies in the world
grappling with the impact of modernization wrought by the influx of
great oil wealth beginning only in the mid twentieth century. Saudi
culture is in constant flux, and the culture gap between the West
and Saudi Islamic culture is wide. Culture and Customs of Saudi
Arabia is the first cultural overview of country and provides
timely, authoritative insight into a major Middle Eastern power.
The Saudis are a proud people with a closed society, but
circumstances have caused them to play an important role in current
world affairs. The author has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia and
has extensively used his contacts there to provide up-to-date
material. Saudi culture developed through age-old interactions
between the Arabian peoples and their harsh desert environment.
Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam, and the basic Islamic
values of Saudi culture have remained to this day. The themes of an
ancient desert society infused with Islam values on a collision
course with modernity are interplayed throughout chapters on the
land, people, and history, traditional Islamic culture and
modernization, the extended family and gender roles, cuisine and
dress, social customs, rites of passage, and holidays,
communication and mass media, and artistic expression. Color photos
and a map, chronology, and glossary round out the narrative.
General
Imprint: |
Greenwood Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Culture and Customs of the Middle East |
Release date: |
July 2005 |
First published: |
July 2005 |
Authors: |
David E. Long
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
144 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-313-32021-7 |
Categories: |
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Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-313-32021-7 |
Barcode: |
9780313320217 |
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