Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
ISBN-13:
9780385014854
ISBN-10:
0385014856
Edition:
Reissue
Author:
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Publication date:
1995
Publisher:
Anchor
Format:
Paperback
368 pages
Category:
African History
,
United States History
,
Asian History
,
Iraq
,
Middle East History
,
Israel & Palestine
,
Yemen
,
Military History
,
Women in History
,
World History
,
Women's Studies
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
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ISBN-13:
9780385014854
ISBN-10:
0385014856
Edition:
Reissue
Author:
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Publication date:
1995
Publisher:
Anchor
Format:
Paperback
368 pages
Category:
African History
,
United States History
,
Asian History
,
Iraq
,
Middle East History
,
Israel & Palestine
,
Yemen
,
Military History
,
Women in History
,
World History
,
Women's Studies
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
Summary
Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village (ISBN-13: 9780385014854 and ISBN-10: 0385014856), written by authors
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, was published by Anchor in 1995.
With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other
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Description
A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman. This volume gives a unique insight into a part of the Midddle Eastern life seldom seen by the West.
"A most enjoyable book abouut [Muslim women]--simple, dignified, human, colorful, sad and humble as the life they lead." --Muhsin Mahdi, Jewett Professor of Arabic Literature, Harvard Unversity.
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