Home and Homeland: The Dialogics of Tribal and National Identities in Jordan Contributor(s): Layne, Linda L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691194785 ISBN-13: 9780691194783 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $74.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.03 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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Publisher Description: In this provocative examination of collective identity in Jordan, Linda Layne challenges long-held Western assumptions that Arabs belong to easily recognizable corporate social groups. Who is a true Jordanian? Who is a true Bedouin? These questions, according to Layne, are examples of a kind of pigeonholing that has distorted the reality of Jordanian national politics. In developing an alternate approach, she shows that the fluid social identities of Jordan emerge from an ongoing dialogue among tribespeople, members of the intelligentsia Hashemite rulers, and Western social scientists. |