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

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"[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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Salamandra, Christa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
Series:Indiana series in Middle East studies.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Syria > Damascus.
Social structure > Syria > Damascus.
Group identity > Syria > Damascus.
Ethnologie > Syrie > Damas.
Structure sociale > Syrie > Damas.
Identité collective > Syrie > Damas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnology.
Group identity.
Manners and customs.
Social structure.
Altstadtsanierung
Gruppenidentität
Oberschicht
Sozialstruktur
Etnische betrekkingen.
Identificatie (psychologie)
Damascus (Syria) > Social life and customs.
Damascus (Syria) > Religious life and customs.
Syria > Damascus.
Damaskus
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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