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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture (Cambridge Companions to Culture)
Edited By Dwight F.
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Description for The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture (Cambridge Companions to Culture)
hardcover. An accessible and wide-ranging survey of modern Arab culture covering political, intellectual and social aspects. Editor(s): Reynolds, Dwight F. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 670.
Dwight F. Reynolds brings together a collection of essays by leading international scholars to provide a comprehensive and accessible survey of modern Arab culture, from the early nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The chapters survey key issues necessary to any understanding of the modern Arab World: the role of the various forms of the Arabic language in modern culture and identity; the remarkable intellectual transformation undergone during the 'Nahda' or 'Arab Renaissance' of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the significant role played by ethnic and religious minorities, and the role of law and constitutions. Other chapters on poetry, ... Read more
Dwight F. Reynolds brings together a collection of essays by leading international scholars to provide a comprehensive and accessible survey of modern Arab culture, from the early nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The chapters survey key issues necessary to any understanding of the modern Arab World: the role of the various forms of the Arabic language in modern culture and identity; the remarkable intellectual transformation undergone during the 'Nahda' or 'Arab Renaissance' of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the significant role played by ethnic and religious minorities, and the role of law and constitutions. Other chapters on poetry, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Cambridge Companions to Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521898072
SKU
V9780521898072
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About Edited By Dwight F.
Dwight F. Reynolds is Professor of Arabic Language and Literature in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes: The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition (1995), Arab Folklore: A Handbook (2007), co-author and editor of Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literary ... Read more
Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture (Cambridge Companions to Culture)
'The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture represents a foundational text for anyone, seasoned scholar or casual devotee, with an interest in Middle Eastern societies.' The Middle East Journal