Readings in Arab Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures (eBook)

Abdulla M. Lutfiyya, Charles W. Churchill (Herausgeber)

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1970 | 1., Reprint 2012
750 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-081574-0 (ISBN)

Inhalt

i-vi -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Section I: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION -- RACE, RELIGION AND NATION-STATE IN THE NEAR EAST -- SOCIAL GROUPS: ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL -- ISLAM AND VILLAGE CULTURE -- THE SOCIAL PATTERN -- THE LEVANT -- THE CIRCASSIANS -- GROUP BEHAVIOR IN THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF LEBANON -- THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY -- LIVING CONDITIONS OF NOMADIC, SEMI-NOMADIC AND SETTLED TRIBAL GROUPS -- STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN MIDDLE EAST SOCIETY -- FERTILITY DIFFERENCES IN A MODERNIZING COUNTRY -- SOME ASPECTS OF FERTILITY IN EGYPT -- Section II: CULTURE -- THE MIDDLE EAST AS A CULTURE AREA -- DATE CULTURE IN THE OASIS OF AL-HASA -- A DAY IN A PEASANT HOUSEHOLD -- RAMADÂN -- Section III: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL CHANGE -- THE DYNAMICS OF WESTERNIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- ISLAM AND THE WEST -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- POLITICAL DISUNITY OF THE ARAB WORLD -- SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE -- EMIGRATION, A FORCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN AN ARAB VILLAGE -- CONSERVATISM AND CHANGE IN A LEBANESE VILLAGE -- THE IRAQI VILLAGE, PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE -- TWO STREAMS INTO ONE -- THE CONFLICT OF EAST AND WEST IN CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN LITERARY TASTE -- LABOUR PROBLEMS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRY -- THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF AN EGYPTIAN FACTORY -- SOCIAL BASIS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS -- PROBLEMS OF ARAB POLITICAL BEHAVIOR -- ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE CHARACTER OF AFRO-ASIAN NATIONALISM -- THE ARMY -- AN ARAB TRANSPLANTED -- Section IV: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION -- DILEMMA OF THE ELITE IN ARAB SOCIETY -- ? STUDY OF ARAB REFUGEE ATTITUDES -- SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN SELECTED LEBANESE VILLAGES -- Section V: THE FAMILY -- THE ISLAMIC LAW OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE -- THE FAMILY -- THE WORLD OF KIN -- COUSIN-RIGHT IN MIDDLE EASTERN MARRIAGE -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOSLEM FAMILY IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES -- THE CHANGING MOSLEM FAMILY OF THE MIDDLE EAST -- FAMILISM AND SOCIALIZATION -- PATTERNS IN CHILD-REARING PRACTICES -- THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE EGYPTIAN WOMAN -- AN ARAB-EGYPTIAN FAMILY -- Section VI: URBAN LIFE -- THE CITY -- FERTILE CRESCENT CITIES -- MIGRANT ADJUSTMENT TO CITY LIFE: THE EGYPTIAN CASE -- Section VII: THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION -- COMMUNICATION AND CHANGE IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE -- THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARABS -- ARAB-AMERICAN DIFFERENCES IN THE JUDGMENT OF WRITTEN MESSAGES -- PATTERNS OF GESTURE AMONG THE LEVANTINE ARABS -- INDEX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.2.2012
• Verlagsort: Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Aufsatzsammlung • Geschichte 1900 - 1970 • Gesellschaft • Naher Osten
• ISBN-10: 3-11-081574-5 / 3110815745
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-081574-0 / 9783110815740