Statecraft in the Middle East - Historical Memory and Popular Culture (Paperback, New ed.)

"The editors should be applauded for this diverse collection, their excellent translations of the Arabic articles, and their insistence that hegemonic culture and ideology be analysed deeply in Middle East studies."Middle Eastern Studies Contents Foreword by Donald Quataert 1. Theorizing State Formation and Social Change in Arab Oil-Producing Countries, by Eric Davis 2. The Social Origins of the Authoritarian State in the Arab East, by Khaldoun Hasan al-Naqeeb 3. Legitimacy, Identity and the Writing of History in Libya, by Lisa Anderson 4. Social and Political Dimensions of the Historiography of the Arab Gulf, by Assem Dessouki 5. Statecraft, Historical Memory, and Popular Culture in Iraq and Kuwait, by Eric Davis and Nicolas Gavrielides 6. Power and Representation: Social Change, Gender Relations, and the Education of Women in Kuwait, by Noura al-Falah 7. Contemporary Trends in the Study of Folklore in the Arab Gulf States, by Muhammed Rajab al-Najjar 8. The Sociopolitical Context of the Iraqi Short Story, 1908-1968, by Muhsin Jassim al-Musawi 9. Economic Relations among Social Classes in Algerian Folk Proverbs, by Abdel-Malek Mortad

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1991
First published:	May 1991
Editors:	Eric Davis (Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, State University of New York, USA) • Nicholas Gavrielides (Associate Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York, USA)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	New ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-8130-1058-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-8130-1058-6
Barcode:	9780813010588

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