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Cradle of Islam : the Hijaz and the quest for an Arabian identity
Yamani, Mai
Cradle of Islam : the Hijaz and the quest for an Arabian identity Mai Yamani - London I.B. Tauris 2004 - xiii, 226 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211). Defining the Hijaz : the roots of cultural resistance -- The Hijazi ʻawa'il and preservation of Hijazi identity -- The political awakening of the Hijazi ʻawa'il -- The rites of passage I : 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 ʻawa'il -- Cultivating the social arts II : reasserting culinary tradition -- Cultivating the social arts III : Hijazi dress to the new social order
9781850437109
2004484154
Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia - Ethnic relations
953.8 YAM
Cradle of Islam : the Hijaz and the quest for an Arabian identity Mai Yamani - London I.B. Tauris 2004 - xiii, 226 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211). Defining the Hijaz : the roots of cultural resistance -- The Hijazi ʻawa'il and preservation of Hijazi identity -- The political awakening of the Hijazi ʻawa'il -- The rites of passage I : 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 ʻawa'il -- Cultivating the social arts II : reasserting culinary tradition -- Cultivating the social arts III : Hijazi dress to the new social order
9781850437109
2004484154
Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia - Ethnic relations
953.8 YAM