•Journal•ISSN: 1746-0719
Anthropology of the Middle East
Berghahn Books
About: Anthropology of the Middle East is an academic journal published by Berghahn Books. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Islam & Politics. It has an ISSN identifier of 1746-0719. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 202 publications have been published receiving 681 citations. The journal is also known as: AME.
Topics: Islam, Politics, Kinship, Middle East, Identity (social science)
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TL;DR: The authors examines the resurgence of tribalism as a sociological component of contemporary Qatari society and concludes with the ethnographically situated contention that tribalism functions as a mechanism for asserting social power and is therefore an emblematic component of Qatari citizenship.
Abstract: Th is article examines the resurgence of tribalism as a sociological component of contemporary Qatari society. Utilising an ethnographic, mixed-methods design, the article begins with a survey of the substantial scholarship concerning tribes in Arabia. Th at scholarship provides ideas and understandings that only partially explain the vitality of contemporary tribalism. Th e article then demonstrates tribalism’s ongoing social importance by analysing data from a quantitative survey of 800 Qatari citizens. Th e article concludes with the ethnographically situated contention that tribalism functions as a mechanism for asserting social power in the contemporary Qatari state, and is therefore an emblematic component of Qatari citizenship.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that forms of narrating the past are by necessity always political in nature and present writing styles have a bias towards the upper classes of the past.
Abstract: In this article I provide a critique of historiography in Near Eastern archaeology and argue that forms of narrating the past are by necessity always political in nature. Current writing styles have a bias towards the upper classes of the past. I use this insight to elaborate on new ways of writing that shift the focus to different subjects of history. As a case study, I analyse discourses about evidence from fourth millennium Mesopotamia. Finally, I point out some alternative ways to approach historiography by asking new questions about old topics.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of rumours in mediating ideas on behaviour deemed as in/appropriate in Tophane and Kurtuluş neighborhoods of Istanbul as "moral territory" and the mundane practices of self-appointed old and new guards of the mahalle is discussed.
Abstract: The neighbourhood-based battles over norms and values in the
ethnically diverse as well as sexual and gendered urban landscapes of the Istanbul
neighbourhood (mahalle) spaces of Tophane and Kurtuluş reflect the complexity
of the current political transformations that have been shaping Turkey as a whole
and Istanbul in particular before and after the 15 July 2016 coup attempt. The
analysis of the mahalle as the state’s margin reflects on how public moral talk,
including the notion of ‘sensitivity’ (hassasiyet), reverberates in the making of
public morality in both neighbourhood spaces. This article specifically focuses on
the role of rumours in mediating ideas on behaviour deemed as in/appropriate in
the mahalle as ‘moral territory’ and the mundane practices of self-appointed old
and new ‘guards’ of the mahalle.
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