Christa Salamandra

A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria

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Produktbeschreibung

In this lively ethnographic study, Christa Salamandra argues that in deploying and debating such representations, Syrians dispute the past and criticize the present.Indiana Series in Middle East Studies-Mark Tessler, general editor

Produktdetails

• Middle East Studies
• Verlag: INDIANA UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 199
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780253217226
• ISBN-10: 0253217229
• Artikelnr.: 14431604

Autorenporträt

Christa Salamandra

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction: A Return to the Old
1. "His Family Had a House in Malki, So We Thought He Was All Right":
Socio-Spatial Distinction
2. "That Color Looks Great on You": Consumption, Display, and Gender
3. Old Damascus Commodified
4. Ramadan Lived and Consumed
5. Conservation, Preservation, and Celebration
Conclusion: Weapons of the Not-So-Weak
Epilogue: Of Hubble Bubbles and Cell Phones
Notes
References
Index