Format:
1 Online-Ressource (240 pages)
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Edition:
First edition
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2020 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9780755610341
Content:
Acknowledgements -- Prologue: Returning to the Cradle -- Defining the Hijaz: The Roots of Cultural Resistance -- The Hijazi 'awa'il and the Preservation of Hijazi Identity -- The Political Awakening of the Hijazi 'awa'il -- The Rotes of Passage -- 1: Ceremonies of Birth -- The Rites of Passage II: Marriage and Social Status -- The Rites of Passage III: Death - The Final Vindication -- Cultivating the Social Arts I: The Art of Formal Conversation among the Hijazi 'awa'il -- Cultivating the Social Arts II: Reasserting Culinary Tradition -- Cultivatng the Social Arts III: The Adaptation of Hijazi Dress to the New Social Order -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Deconstructing the awa'il -- Appendix B: A Selection of Polite Phrases -- Select Glossary -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Notes.
Content:
"In 1932, the Al Saud family officially incorporated the Kingdom of the Hijaz into the new Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Hijazis became a people without a country of their own. Cradle of Islam focuses on contemporary Hijazi life and culture made subservient to the dominant national rules of Saudi Arabia, as dictated by a political and religious elite rooted in the central Najd region of the country. But centralisation was not enough to assimilate or tame Saudi Arabia's distinct regional cultures. The Al Saud family could rule but not fully integrate. This book is an insider's account of the hidden world of the Hijazis including their rituals which have helped to preserve Hijazi identity until now."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857731104
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845118242
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781850437109
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9780755610341
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