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A new old Damascus : authenticity and distinction in urban Syria /

"[F]illed with rare encounters with Syria's oldest, most elite families. Critics of anthropology's taste for exoticism and marginality will savor this study of upper-class Damascus, a world that is urbane and cosmopolitan, yet in many ways as remote as the settings in which the best e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salamandra, Christa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
Colección:Indiana series in Middle East studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A return to the old
  • "His family had a house in Malki, so we thought he was all right" : socio-spatial distinction
  • "That color looks great on you" : consumption, display, and gender
  • Old Damascus commodified
  • Ramadan lived and consumed
  • Conservation, preservation, and celebration
  • Conclusion: Weapons of the not-so-weak
  • Epilogue: Of hubble bubbles and cell phones.