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Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village

by Elizabeth Wa Fernea

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ISBN13: 9780385014854
ISBN10: 0385014856
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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.
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Although this book was written more than forty years ago, it's still very much worth reading for its perspective on the life of women in an traditional village in Iraq.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780385014854
Subtitle:
An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
Author:
Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock
Author:
Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Middle East
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Sociology, anthropology and archaeology
Subject:
Anthropology
Subject:
Ethnic Studies
Subject:
Iraq
Subject:
Iraq Social life and customs.
Subject:
Nahr (Iraq) Social life and customs.
Subject:
Nahr
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - General
Subject:
Women -- Iraq -- Nahr.
Copyright:
c196
Edition Number:
Anchor Books ed.
Edition Description:
Anchor Books
Series Volume:
A370
Publication Date:
October 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
8.06x5.23x.78 in. .63 lbs.
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