Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation

Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation
Steven C. Caton (Author)
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Yemen

In 1979, Steven C. Caton went to a remote area of Yemen to do fieldwork on the famous oral poetry of its tribes. The recent hostage crisis in Iran made life perilous for a young American in the Middle East; worse, he was soon embroiled in a dangerous local conflict and tribal hostilities simmered for months. Yemen Chronicle is his extraordinary report both on events that ensued and on the many theoretical--let alone practical--difficulties of doing ethnography in such circumstances. Caton also offers a profound meditation on the political, cultural, and sexual components of modern Arab culture.

• Rank: #272432 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-03
• Released on: 2006-10-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 5.60" w x 8.70" l, .75 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Description #1 by BookHolders.com:

[ Ships Daily ] Condition: Good[ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation By Steven C. Caton ISBN: 0809027259 Edition:Reprint Publisher: Hill and Wang Pub Date: 10/12/2005 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 352

Description #2 by Barnes & Noble - Pomfret Street Books PA:

Categories: Middle East * History. Contributors: Steven C. Caton - Author. Format: Paperback

Description #3 by Barnes & Noble - MARY MAY MUSIC MN:

Categories: Anthropologists->United States->Biography. Contributors: Caton - Author. Format: Hardcover