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Sohar, culture and society in an Omani town

Title: Sohar, culture and society in an Omani town / Fredrik Barth.
Author: Barth, Fredrik, 1928-2016.
Publication: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1983.

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Description

viii, 264 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 255-257.

Contents

Part 1: The Community Described -- First Approximations: 1. Major Features of Sohar, and the Methodological Problems These Raise 2. Sohar and the larger World 3. The Formal Administrative and Political Constitution of Sohar Part 2: The Categories of Cultural Diversity Within Sohar: 4. Ethnic Groups -- 5. "Blood" and Its Correlates -- the Social and Cultural Entailments of Descent and Slavery 6. Religious Groups 7. Occupations, Wealth, and Social Strata 8. Neighbors, Township, and Bedouin 9. Man and Woman 10. The Forms of Pluralism in Sohar Part 3: Daily Life and How Its Shapes Society: 11. Standards of Behavior and the Management of Self 12. Household and Kinship 13. Social Scenes and Networks 14. The Operation of the Market 15. A Kaleidoscope of Persons Part 4: 16. The Reproduction of Cultural Diversity: 16. Cultural Dynamics and its Context 17. The Changing Historical Circumstances 18. The Dynamics of Ethnic Groups and Congregations 19. The Changing Place of Bedouin and Ex-Slaves 21. The Organization of Diversity

ISBN

0801828406
9780801828409

LCCN

82009925

OCLC

ocm08477662
8477662
SCSB-56458

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Princeton University Library