A new old Damascus : authenticity and distinction in urban Syria

A new old Damascus : authenticity and distinction in urban Syria /

"[F]illed with rare encounters with Syria's oldest, most elite families. Critics of anthropology's taste for exoticism and marginality will savor this study of upper-class Damascus, a world that is urbane and cosmopolitan, yet in many ways as remote as the settings in which the best e...

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Main Author: Salamandra, Christa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2004
Series:Indiana series in Middle East studies.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Syria > Damascus.
Social structure > Syria > Damascus.
Group identity > Syria > Damascus.
Damascus (Syria) > Social life and customs.
Damascus (Syria) > Religious life and customs.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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